Nazi memorabilia auction cancelled after French minister intervenes

AA French auction house has scrapped a sale of objects that belonged to Nazi leaders Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering after Culture Minister Aurélie Flipetti joined Jewish groups in calling for its cancellation, reports RFI.

The Vermot de Pas auction house told RFI on Monday that it had called off the sale, set for 26 April, although it had previously ignored protests by two Jewish groups.

The decision followed Filippetti's declaration to Le Monde newspaper that she did not wish the sale to go ahead.

Earlier the umbrella group Crif and anti-Semitism campaign, BNVCA, called on the minister to oppose the auction, describing it as "obscene" and an "insult to the memory of the victims of Nazi barbarism".

Read more of this report from RFI.