German auction house urged to cancel sale of Holoc... The Guardian

German auction house urged to cancel sale of Holocaust artefacts

The Guardian November 16, 2025

<p>Survivors group calls on firm Felzmann to ‘show some basic decency’ and halt the ‘cynical and shameless’ event</p><p>A group formed by survivors of the Auschwitz death camp is calling on a German auction house to cancel a sale of hundreds of Holocaust artefacts, including letters written by prisoners and other documents that identify many people by name.</p><p>The International Auschwitz Committee, a Berlin-based organisation, called the “cynical and shameless” sale with a title of the System of Terror to be stopped. The sale is scheduled to be held on Monday by the Felzmann auction house.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/16/german-auction-house-urged-to-cancel-sale-of-holocaust-artefacts">Continue reading...</a>

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