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Prosecutor against selling kit for burning numbers of Auschwitz prisoners: "Contempt for Holocaust remembrance"

The Attorney General described the auction as "morally, morally, nationally and publicly invalid."

He further announced that he would take part in the proceeding against the sale which is being conducted in court.

"The stamp is in Yad Vashem, the state must not accept its sale"

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Yael Friedson

Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 17:38 Updated: 17:50

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The State Attorney's Office announced today (Wednesday) that according to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, it is not appropriate for Auschwitz stamps to be sold to private hands for as much as possible.

This follows announcements that the auction house "Zollman's" will offer for sale these stamps.

According to the legal adviser, "Such trade is morally, morally, nationally and publicly wrong. A private sale of this object, beyond the cheapness of its sale at all costs, may even lead to the loss of important proof of perpetuating national memory and the loss of a very important piece of history to the Jewish people."

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A story about a Holocaust survivor (Photo: AP, ARIEL SCHALIT)

The kit to be sold includes 14 stamps and a booklet from the manufacturer, Aesculap, which guides how to use the kit to imprint serial numbers on a controller.

The collection offered for sale is one of three kits that survived World War II.

The other exhibits are in the military museum in St. Petersburg and in the memorial museum at the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp itself.

The collection for sale now is the largest of the three.

Auscelap is a company that was involved in the production of medical equipment during the war years, and even today.

According to the auction house, however, the stamps for cattle marking were ten times larger than the stamps included in the proposed kit, so there is no doubt that they were intended for tattoos by the prisoners.

"Trafficking in values, morally and nationally" Spokesman Avichai Mandelblit (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Mandelblit also stated that "the State of Israel will not accept an auction of such objects, which are closely linked to the events of the Holocaust. Their sale may even create an economic market for antisemitic atrocities and cause the glorification of such heinous objects. "For the purposes of education, study and research - this is for value, moral and practical reasons alike. In light of this, the proper place of Auschwitz stamps is at Yad Vashem, where the items will be best preserved, serve as historical evidence, be accessible to the general public and allow research."

"Aware of and opposed to trade in items from the Holocaust," Yad Vashem Chairman Danny Dayan (Photo: Flash 90, Gershon Allinson)

Yad Shem also condemned the sale of the stamps and questioned the reliability of the items.

The organization said that based on the photo included in the auction house's advertising, it is difficult to determine whether the items are indeed authentic.

Yad Vashem Chairman Danny Dayan said that "unfortunately, we are aware of the existence of trade in items from the Holocaust period, and especially in souvenirs and Nazi items.

"Such trade, in our opinion, is problematic and we oppose it, both because of the moral flaw in trading such items, and also because it encourages and creates a market for counterfeiting and trading in Nazi items that has been expanding in recent years, both in auctions and online sales sites."

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