A gold watch given to Hitler sold for more than one million dollars.
April 20, 1989, Hitler's birthday, and January 30, 1933, the day Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, are both dates on the auction house website.
The Jewish leaders wrote an open letter condemning Alexander Historical Auction House for selling the watch as a star lot in a large sale of Nazi paraphernalia. There is a swastika, a Nazi eagle emblem, and the initials A.
A gold wristwatch was taken from Hitler's retreat at Berchtesgaden by a French soldier, according to the description.
According to The Washington Post, Panagopulos said the buyer is a European Jew.
The watch's sale price was much lower than the estimates before the auction.
The European Jewish Association said the auction was an "indictment to society, one in which the memory, suffering, and pain of others is ignored for financial gain.''
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A painting by Hitler, a golden reichstadler, and a bust of Hitler were sold at the auction.
The Wehrmacht toilet paper had a swastika on it and was one of the items auctioned.
The Jewish Association said that the auction is helping those who idealize what the Nazis stood for. There are two ways to give buyers the chance to get intimate with a guest or loved one.
The lessons of history need to be learned, and legitimate Nazi artifacts do belong in museums or places of higher learning, but the items that you are selling clearly do not. The fact that they are sold to the highest bidder on the open market is an indictment to our society, one in which the memory, suffering, and pain of others are not taken into account.
The Washington Post quoted Panagopulos as saying that many people donate Nazi artifacts to museums. Others can either need the money or sell. It's not our decision.
Panagopulos and his family have received death threats.
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