Scandalous words from the spokeswoman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “Poland is trying to profit”
In November, plans for a shocking auction of memorabilia from the victims of Nazi concentration camps and documents from the Second World War were widely reported. Ultimately, the Felzmann Auction House gave up these intentions. However, some of them went to Israel.
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What did the spokeswoman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs say about Poland?
What items ended up in Haifa?
Why did the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs appeal for the return of artifacts?
What were the plans of the Felzmann Auction House?
The artifacts were acquired by the Yad Ezer L'Hawer foundation from Haifa, which runs the Holocaust Museum in this port city. They included religious items, clothing, letters, patches with yellow Stars of David and Nazi propaganda posters. The entire collection includes at least several dozen items. The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs had earlier appealed for their return to Poland.
Russia is trying to attack the Polish government. “Do they have a monopoly?”
The spokeswoman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs took advantage of this situation to attack the Polish government. — Polish authorities who try to profit from the memory of the victims of Nazism behave no better than those who organize auctions of Holocaust memorabilia, said Maria Zakharova.
Zakharowa explained that the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs demanded that the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum be expanded to include “auction objects.” – In other circumstances, such interference and the demand to hand over the mentioned exhibits to the Polish side could only be approved – continued the diplomat. — If only they hadn't declared them their “property.” On what basis? Does Poland have any monopoly on evidence of the Holocaust or Nazi crimes?” she added.
