Opinion Today: What kind of person has a closet full of Nazi memorabilia?

Those collecting artifacts may not be whom you expect. 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O.O.P.S. By Menachem Kaiser It’s a long story — one that can fill an entire [book](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm-pM5P0TuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGFycGVyY29sbGlucy5jb20vcHJvZHVjdHMvcGx1bmRlci1tZW5hY2hlbS1rYWlzZXI_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMzA5MzAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTA0MDM3Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0NjEyNiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmdmFyaWFudD0zOTkzNTM5MDI4NTg1OFcDbnl0QgplEzkOGGU3ShvLUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~), in fact — but a few years ago, I embedded with Polish treasure hunters. The holy grail was [Nazi gold](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm-pM5P0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxNi8wOC8xOS93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvcG9sYW5kLW5hemktZ29sZC10cmFpbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjMwOTMwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwNDAzNyZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDYxMjYmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmUTOQ4YZTdKG8tSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~), but mostly what they were after were Nazi artifacts — helmets, guns, coins, whatever else they might find. Many had amassed considerable collections, which they were very proud of, and which they loved to show me. It was startling to encounter chests or closets or even whole rooms full of Nazi artifacts. But I had spent a lot of time with these men, and I knew they weren’t sympathetic to Nazi ideologies or Nazis at all — as patriotic Poles, they hated Nazis as passionately as anyone I’d ever met. Their relationship to these artifacts was complex: They were not markers of identity but something akin to trophies, plunder from a fallen enemy. When I began reporting on the market for Nazi memorabilia, my starting point was not the sort of visceral outrage I think most people have when confronted with objects bearing swastikas. I understood there was room for something more nuanced, that being interested in or even owning Nazi artifacts did not necessarily mean you were a Nazi. As a part of my reporting, I went to the United States’ biggest militaria show at a convention center in Kentucky, and saw thousands of Nazi artifacts arranged neatly behind glass and on velvet mats, tagged with prices and short descriptions. It made me uneasy — not regarding the artifacts, per se (I was inured), and not regarding the collectors (they were very friendly and not at all Nazi-like), but the scale, the commerciality. This was not anything like the treasure hunters’ collections; this was merchandise. In a [guest essay](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm-pM5P0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOS8yOS9vcGluaW9uL25hemktbWVtb3JhYmlsaWEtbWFya2V0LWxpdmVhdWN0aW9uZWVycy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjMwOTMwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwNDAzNyZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDYxMjYmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmUTOQ4YZTdKG8tSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) for Times Opinion, I attempt to articulate that sense of unease. I take a look at who these collectors are and what appeals to them: What is their motivation? What does it mean that there’s a robust private market for artifacts that arguably belong to a public history of the Holocaust? This extensive trade, I found, is as widespread and lucrative as it is disturbing. READ MENACHEM’S FULL ESSAY HERE [GUEST ESSAY What Kind of Person Has a Closet Full of Nazi Memorabilia? 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