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November 29, 1999
WIESENTHAL CENTER CRITICIZES EBAY OVER NAZI AUCTIONS
The Simon Wiesenthal Center has urged Internet giant Ebay to reevaluate its policy of selling Nazi memorabilia online. Currently, Ebay is making available some 3,000 Nazi-related items, including swastikas, SS badges, and daggers. "Is it really necessary for Ebay to market a Nuremberg Rally flag and other items which glorify the horrors of Nazi Germany?," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Wiesenthal Center. Center officials will be meeting next Wednesday, December 1st, with German Justice Minister Herta Dubler-Gmelin, and other German leaders to urge a review of existing anti-Nazi laws and possible legal action in view of the availability of such items to German citizens online. Earlier this month, Amazon.com agreed to stop selling Mein Kampf after the Wiesenthal Center urged Germany to take legal measures against the online company.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is an international center for Holocaust remembrance, the defense of human rights, and the Jewish people.
For more information, contact the Wiesenthal Center's Public Relations department, 310-553-9036.
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