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BERLIN (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister said Sunday that an “offensive” auction of Holocaust artifacts has been canceled in Germany, relaying information from his German counterpart, following complaints from Holocaust survivors.
The top Polish diplomat thanked Wadephul for the information that the auction was canceled.
Earlier, a Holocaust survivors group called on the German auction house Felzmann to cancel Monday’s sale of hundreds of Holocaust artifacts, including letters written by prisoners and other documents that identify many people by name.
A listing of information about the auction on the Auktionhaus Felzmann website on Sunday morning was no longer on the site by mid-afternoon.
Heubner said such documents of persecution and the Holocaust “belong to the families of the victims.
“We urge those responsible at the Felzmann auction house to show some basic decency and cancel the auction,” he added. »