Selling Nazi memorabilia not illegal in Canada, but ‘goes against good conscience,’ former MP says
“Just to be clear, we do not support Nazism,” the statement said. “We have removed the tunic … It was not our intention to offend anyone.”
The centre said it first learned about the item late last week after someone reported it to the Waterloo Regional Police Service.
“There is nothing that a Nazi tunic can teach an individual that they can’t learn better from a quality history book, lecture or education session.”
Have people lost their minds?
Yeah, they forget thay artefacts can tell a story and give depth that a book cannot.
Also, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians all use objects from time periods for research. Museums have things on display for context.
Gets dicey with private collections though.
What the fuck? It’s a piece of history, and an antique. The shop did nothing wrong here
The only person who is paying almost $6000 for a Nazi uniform is a very dedicated Neo-Nazi.
It’s not as clear cut as you might think. I have a collection of military antiques, and nazi stuff is sought by a lot of that community and is quite pricey.
It’s more rare than the allies stuff due to how much was destroyed. Most of the stuff in Canada comes from war souvies (taken by Canadian soldiers off dead bodies, captured soldiers emplacements, or units)
Neo Nazis buy this stuff, but not everyone who has antiques from the third reich are fascist.
Oh ya I own a coin minted in Nazi Germany in 1941, and I honestly would think it’s cool to own a uniform, but I also think that almost $6000 is way too much and only really dedicated people would buy it, and in today’s political and economic climate I can only see a dedicated Neo-Nazi spending that sort of money on something they can’t really display or wear.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
An antiques shop in St. Jacobs, Ont., that received backlash over selling a Nazi uniform is no longer making the item available for purchase.
In a statement to CBC News, the store said it hopes to help preserve history and educate future generations about the horrors of the Second World War.
The statement by the antique dealers said they hope to work with the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) in the future.
“There is nothing that a Nazi tunic can teach an individual that they can’t learn better from a quality history book, lecture or education session.”
It is not illegal to trade or sell Nazi memorabilia in Canada, Michael Levitt, FSWC’s president and chief executive officer, said in a news release.
Jaime Kirzner-Roberts, also from FSWC, previously told CBC News there should be laws that would make the sale of such items illegal in Canada.
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