Nazi surgical set withdrawn from auction after organisers reveal ‘really unpleasant’ threats from families of people who died in the war
A Nazi surgical equipment set owned by an SS commandant and war criminal has been withdrawn from a sale today after phone and e-mail threats.
The wooden box of tools belonged to Anton Burger, a major in the SS who worked at the Theresienstadt concentration camp between July 1943 and February 1944, where 140,000 Jews were held – and 33,000 of them died. for more click here
