Thirty emblematic objects of the Third Reich, which were to be auctioned in Blois on January 16, were withdrawn from the sale, we learned on Saturday from the organizing auction house.
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Among the disputed objects of this "militaria" sale are around ten helmets from the Waffen-SS, numerous skull belts, medals and pennants with swastikas, or even a Militia flag, according to a launcher. alert who calls himself Axel and tracks all auctions of Nazi objects.
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We have withdrawn these items from sale even if the law allows us to do so,
" the Blésoise study Pousse-Cornet told AFP, specifying that the badges bearing the image of the Nazi regime had been masked on the catalog of sale, in accordance with the law.
"There is a surge in the sale of this type of harmful object and a strong demand from so-called collectors, who have more behavioral disorders than anything else"
Axel, whistleblower
Screenshots in support, Axel however criticizes the Blésoise study for not having masked all the badges, recalling that one “
can hold and sell these objects, but not exhibit them
”.
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There were three sales of this type last week
", underlines this lawyer who considers it "
intolerable
", citing an Adolf Hitler jacket which left for 275,000 euros a few years ago in Germany, or a box of Zyklon B.
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There is a surge in the sale of this type of harmful object and a strong demand from so-called collectors, who have more behavioral disorders than anything else, and are buying at bargain prices
", adds the alert launcher.
Asked by AFP, historian and lawyer Serge Klarsfled, who works with the lawyer to prevent these sales, explains that he has no objection to the sale of military objects that come from the regular German army.
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But the public exhibition, especially on the Internet, of Nazi symbols such as the SS emblem or the swastika, should be reserved for serious museums
", he underlines, adding that there is "
unfortunately a fascination for a period when Europe wanted to rule the world through Germany and which is then expressed in the desecration of cemeteries
”.
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The great mass of people who buy include people fascinated by Nazism and the purchase of these emblems can only strengthen them in an ideology that has been criminal,
" he warns.
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An auction of Nazi objects scheduled for Friday January 8 in Albi and another scheduled for this Saturday in Soisson (Aisne) have also been canceled.