Holocaust Torah Scroll Fragment Sold at Norwegian Auction for $8,500
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
A fragment of a Torah scroll, looted during the Holocaust, was sold for $8,500 at an auction in Oslo, Norway. German SS soldiers reportedly sent the scroll piece to a relative in Germany as a souvenir. The World Organization for the Return of Jewish Property asserted the item belongs to the Jewish people.
The story in 4 lines · by baba
- A Holocaust-looted Torah scroll fragment sold for $8,500 in Oslo, Norway.
- German SS soldiers allegedly sent the scroll piece to a relative in Germany.
- The fragment is handwritten on parchment and appears damaged by fire.
- The World Organization for the Return of Jewish Property claimed ownership for the Jewish people.
A fragment of a Torah scroll, looted from Jews during the Holocaust, was sold for $8,500 at an auction in Oslo, Norway, on Sunday. According to the auction house Valkyrie Historical Auctions, the item is a piece of a scroll taken by German SS soldiers and sent to a relative in Germany as a souvenir. The fragment, handwritten on parchment, appears to have been damaged by fire. It bears the military postal number of the soldier and the address of the recipient in Germany.
The World Organization for the Return of Jewish Property stated that the item does not belong to the seller or the buyer, but to the Jewish people.
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