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Auction of Nazi-Looted Torah Fragment Canceled After Outcry and Israeli Government Intervention
The artifact described by the auction house as “plundered by SS German Soldiers” was won for $8,500, in a bid over its estimate, but will be donated to a remembrance organization.
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The artifact described by the auction house as “plundered by SS German Soldiers” was won for $8,500, in a bid over its estimate, but will be donated to a remembrance organization.
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According to ARTnews’s source item, Auction of Nazi-Looted Torah Fragment Canceled After Outcry and Israeli Government Intervention, The artifact described by the auction house as “plundered by SS German Soldiers” was won for $8,500, in a bid over its estimate, but will be donated to a remembrance organization.
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