A fragment of a Torah scroll taken from Jews during the Holocaust and defaced by the Nazis has been donated to a Holocaust charity after it was auctioned off for $8,500 in Norway, despite an appeal from Israel for the sale to be stopped.
The parchment was sold on Sunday by Valkyrie Historical Auctions in Oslo, prompting condemnation from Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and calls from Jewish heritage organisations for the artefact to be recovered.
The final price was reportedly more than four times the pre-sale estimate.
A Nazi celebration in Oslo.
Today in Oslo, the auction house "Valkyrie Historical Auctions" is expected to hold an auction of a fragment of a Torah scroll that was looted by German SS soldiers during the Holocaust.
It is a parchment sheet from a Torah scroll that was… pic.twitter.com/mXHzVidj9i
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