{"id":3926,"date":"2019-10-04T18:14:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T18:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/?p=3926"},"modified":"2019-10-04T18:14:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T18:14:14","slug":"argentinas-holocaust-museum-takes-custody-of-seized-nazi-relics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/2019\/10\/04\/argentinas-holocaust-museum-takes-custody-of-seized-nazi-relics\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina&#8217;s Holocaust museum takes custody of seized Nazi relics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Argentina&#8217;s Holocaust Museum has taken custody of a huge trove of Nazi artefacts seized in a house raid in the capital, Buenos Aires, two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A bust of Adolf Hitler is among the 70 items investigators had found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another was a head-measuring device &#8211; a relic of pseudoscience used to supposedly measure racial purity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The items were found hidden behind a false wall at the home of a collector in 2017. He said they were replicas but experts say they are authentic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is legal to own Nazi objects in Argentina, as long as they are not used to incite hatred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the owner has been charged with &#8220;owning pieces of illegal origin&#8221; because they are suspected of having been smuggled into Argentina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/newsround\/16690175\">What was the Holocaust?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-48273570\">Being black in Nazi Germany<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/av\/stories-49565907\/the-children-sent-to-safety-from-the-nazis\">Kindertransport: A fantastic act of love<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/timelines\/z86nfg8\">The Holocaust year by year<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Historians believe as many as 11 million people were murdered across Europe during the Holocaust orchestrated by Germany&#8217;s Nazi Party &#8211; six million of whom were targeted because they were Jewish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the regime fell in 1945, some of the highest-ranking Nazi officials fled to Argentina including the so-called &#8220;Angel of Death&#8221; Josef Mengele and Adolf Eichmann. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Holocaust Museum in Buenos Aires says the hoard of items found in 2017 will be added to its exhibits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The objects encouraged &#8220;hate, death and destruction,&#8221; says Director Marcelo Mindlin, but will go on display &#8220;in the service of transmitting democratic values, education and the fight for memory so tragedies like the Holocaust are not repeated&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Argentina&#8217;s Holocaust Museum has taken custody of a huge trove of Nazi artefacts seized in a house raid in the capital, Buenos Aires, two years ago. A bust of Adolf Hitler is among the 70 items investigators had found. Another was a head-measuring device &#8211; a relic of pseudoscience used to supposedly measure racial purity. 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