Jewels stolen by Nazis to be auctioned by Christies
May 9, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Tova Dorfman, President of the World Zionist Organization, stated that it is shameful that Christie’s Auction House has decided to proceed with the sale of the highly tainted Heidi Horton jewellery collection seized from Jews during the Holocaust.
Heidi Horton
The World Zionist Organization supports the Holocaust Survivors’ Organization USA and other organisations who are rightfully demanding that the Horten Foundation and Christie’s refocus their goals of benefiting from the sale of the Horten jewelry collection and direct their efforts to compensate those families that were robbed of their assets by billionaire Helmut Horten during the period of Nazi Germany. The Nazis carried out a program of Jewish property seizures that stripped European Jews of billions of dollars worth of cash, housing, businesses and personal belongings.
Tova Dorfman
In many cases, Jewish property stolen by the Nazi regime or their collaborators was never returned and no compensation was ever forthcoming.
With tens of survivors passing away each day we must swiftly see to it that the survivors and their families receive what is justly theirs.
