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Maryland Auction House Defends Sale of Hitler Items
An auction house in Maryland defended the sale of what it says were personal
objects of Adolf Hitler, amid criticism from a European Jewish group, JTA reported.

One of the priciest items in the catalog for the July 29 auction by Alexander
Historical Auctions house in Chesapeake City, Maryland, was a candy dish esti-
mated to be worth at least $3,000 that the auction house says belonged to Hitler
and was stolen from his Berghof compound near Munich.

Another similarly priced item is a dog collar said to have belonged to Eva
Braun, Hitler’s wife, for her pet Scottish terrier. Th e leather artifact is studded
with multiple metal swastikas.

Th e European Jewish Association, a Brussels-based lobby group, condemned
the sale in a letter, saying the items only give “succor to those who idealize what
the Nazi party stood for” or off er “buyers the chance to titillate a guest or loved
one with an item belonging to a genocidal murderer and his supporters,” wrote
the group’s chairman, Rabbi Menachem Margolin.

Bill Panagopulos, the president of Alexander Historical Auctions, which has
faced similar rebuke for previous sales — including one that featured the personal
diaries of Josef Mengele, a notorious Nazi war criminal — dismissed the criticism
as “nonsense and sensationalism.”
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World’s Largest ER Debuts in Tel Aviv
Th e world’s largest emergency room opened in Tel Aviv on July 28, Th e Times of
Israel reported.

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center houses the 86,000-square foot facility, which
was inaugurated by Prime Minister Yair Lapid, President Isaac Herzog and others.

Th e center is designed for both sudden casualties from war or terrorism and
regular emergency needs. Th ere are 100 inpatient beds, which can be doubled.

Philanthropist Sylvan Adams donated $28 million to the hospital, which is
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Prosecutors: Neo-Nazi Marine Plotted to Attack Jews, Others
A former Marine who belonged to a neo-Nazi group that counts willingness to
murder Jewish children as a membership requirement was arrested on charges
stemming from a federal investigation into his plot to commit mass murder,
including against Jews, JTA reported.

Matthew Belanger was an active Marine while conspiring online with members
of a hate group called Rapekrieg, according to a July 14 court fi ling by federal
prosecutors arguing that he should remain in jail while awaiting trial.

Together with others from his Long Island, New York, hometown, Belanger
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attacks on a synagogue, Jewish persons, women, and minorities,” according to
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Lufthansa to Create a Position to Fight Antisemitism
Luft hansa Airlines is creating a senior management role dedicated to preventing
discrimination and antisemitism two months aft er it barred a large group of
Orthodox Jewish passengers from boarding a fl ight, JTA reported.

However, an independent investigation the airline commissioned said there
was no evidence of institutional antisemitism behind the incident, which CEO
Jens Ritter deemed “categorically inappropriate.”
During the May 4 incident, more than 100 Chasidic passengers were kicked off
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reveal any sentiments of antisemitism, prejudice or premeditated behavior by
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