- Title: 'Nazi leader' artefacts displayed at Argentine Holocaust museum
- Date: 3rd October 2019
- Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (OCTOBER 02, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** NAZI SYMBOL OF EAGLE ON SWASTIKA ON DISPLAY SWASTIKA ON EAGLE STATUE NAZI ARTEFACTS BUST OF NAZI PARTY LEADER AND GERMAN CHANCELLOR, ADOLPH HITLER NAZI SOLDIER STATUE NAZI MEASURING INSTRUMENT SWASTIKA SYMBOL ON INSTRUMENT NAZI ARTEFACTS ON DISPLAY ARGENTINE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM PRESIDENT, MARCELO MINDLIN, BY ARTEFACTS MINDLIN GESTURING TO ARTEFACTS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ARGENTINE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM PRESIDENT, MARCELO MINDLIN, SAYING: "The big surprise was that these (artefacts) could not have belonged to anybody who was not a high Nazi leader. The value of the items, the photos that accompanied some of the items - with that (came) the big surprise that this belonged to a high Nazi leader. The question is: was it smuggled later or was it brought by this Nazi leader escaping from Germany after the Second World War?" VARIOUS, INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE SKULL ON DISPLAY KEY WITH SWASTIKA SYMBOL VARIOUS, ARTEFACTS ON DISPLAY ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES AND MUSEUM OFFICIALS AT MUSEUM EVENT (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) 94-YEAR-OLD HUNGARIAN HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, EVA FON DE ROSENTHAL, SAYING: "These (artefacts) show the power of the Nazis and the strong feelings for nazism that existed for them to invest and spend (money on them), and take good care of these things, they were fanatics. Here, (during) the time of the Nazis they helped Germany a lot, there were thousands and thousands of Nazis here." VARIOUS, NAZI CHILDREN'S GAMES POLICE OFFICER STANDING NEXT TO PHOTO ALLEGEDLY TAKEN BY HITLER'S OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER, HEINRICH HOFFMANN
- Embargoed: 17th October 2019 14:48
- Keywords: Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler final solution artefacts objects
- Location: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
- City: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
- Country: Argentina
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001AZJLMIV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:A statue of an eagle perched on a swastika, a small bust of Adolph Hitler, indoctrination games for children: these are just some of the Nazi artefacts found recently in a collector's secret hideaway and which were on display Wednesday (October 02) in Buenos Aires' Holocaust Museum.
"The big surprise was that these (artefacts) could not have belonged to anybody who was not a high Nazi leader," says Marcelo Mindlin the president of the museum located in Argentina's capital.
The artefacts were examined by Argentine and German experts who affirmed their authenticity as Nazi relics.
In 2017, the home of Carlos Olivares, a antiques collector and seller was raided on suspicion of illegal trafficking of objects from China. The police were surprised, however, to find a secret room in the house with more than 80 Nazi items according to the chief of the Federal Police in Buenos Aires.
Olivares is currently under indictment for violation of the law protecting cultural heritage and is facing trial.
Eva Fon De Rosenthal is a 94-year-old Holocaust survivor who was at the museum's presentation of the Nazi relics Wednesday. "These (artefacts) show the power of the Nazis and the strong feelings for nazism that existed... they were fanatics," she said.
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