"IAC Executive Vice President Christoph Heubner called the auction "cynical and shameless." Heubner said in a statement that the history of Holocaust survivors was "being exploited for commercial gain." "Documents relating to persecution and the Holocaust belong to the families of those who were persecuted," he said. "They should be displayed in museums or in exhibitions at memorial sites and not be degraded to objects of trade.""
"Felzmann listed a trove of documents in its auction titled "System of Terror Vol II," with items dating from 1933 to 1945. Among the various items are Nazi documents on a forced sterilization carried out at the Dachau concentration camp. The auction includes records of companies forcefully sold to Nazis, as well as identification documents and passports of Jews who managed to flee persecution to Chile and Argentina."
"In one of the most personal items, the auction features three journal notebooks of an anonymous Polish Jew who survived the war in Poland. Controversially, the auction also features worn Stars of David from the Buchenwald concentration camp and also a Star of David armband. Nazi propaganda items, including a Nazi program booklet and poster, are also part of the auction."
An auction in Neuss scheduled by the Felzmann auction house lists Nazi-era material and personal items dated 1933–1945 under the title "System of Terror Vol II." Items include documents on forced sterilization at Dachau, corporate records of companies seized by Nazis, identification documents and passports of Jews who fled to Chile and Argentina, and a release form from Mauthausen. The sale also features three journal notebooks of a Polish Jewish survivor, worn Stars of David from Buchenwald and a Star of David armband, plus Nazi propaganda material. The International Auschwitz Committee urged cancellation, calling the sale cynical, shameless and an exploitation of survivors' history.
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