‘I did not want these objects to fall into the wrong hands and be used by people with dishonest intentions,’ said businessman Abdallah Chatila.
A Lebanese businessman has donated Nazi memorabilia purchased from an auction to a Jewish organisation to keep them out of the hands of Neo-Nazis.
Abdallah Chatila, a diamond and real estate magnate based in Geneva, spent about £513,000 on 10 items, including Adolf Hitler’s own top hat, cigar box, and typewriter, as well as a silver-plated edition of Hitler’s Mein Kampf.
The items were purchased at Munich-based auction house, Hermann Historica.
Chatila initially intended to destroy the items after reading objections from Jewish groups to the sale, reported The Associated Press.
But he decided instead to donate them to a Jewish organisation and reached out to the Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal group.
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