'Tools of the devil': Auction of Nazi war relics including swastika flags, a Knights Cross and a miniature Adolf Hitler figurine is slammed by a Jewish group

If they don't like the items, they don't have to buy them

An auction of Nazi war relics has been slammed by a Jewish group as an insult to those who suffered under Adolf Hitler's regime.

A Hitler figurine with a moving arm that performs the Nazi salute was among the items that sold under the hammer during the auction at Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia over the weekend.

Most of the items were World War II souvenirs collected by Australian soldiers at the time.

The items included a large Nazi flag featuring a Swastika and a Knight's Cross – one of the highest awards for German troops.

Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) chairman Dvir Abramovich has called the auction 'morally repugnant' and urged for action to stop the trade of these sort of items in Australia.

'Mainstreaming these tools of the devil that rightly belong in a museum, is a profound insult to the memory of the victims, to the survivors, and to the brave Australian soldiers who died in World War II to defeat Hitler's regime,' he told the ABC.

However, the likeliness of auction houses ceasing the sale of such items by choice looks unlikely as they can fetch millions of dollars.

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