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In the 1930s, Helmut Horten purchased businesses that Jewish owners sold "under duress"
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In the 1930s, Helmut Horten purchased businesses that Jewish owners sold "under duress"
Facing criticism for its sale of jewelry from an estate partly built on profits made from the purchase of Jewish businesses during the Holocaust, Chri
Jewish organizations have rejected donations from the auction house, which sold gems from an estate that profited during the Holocaust.
(JTA) — A blockbuster jewelry auction at Christie’s is drawing criticism because of the gems’ ties to a Nazi.
Criticism from historians and Jewish organizations did little to dim the sale at Christies of jewels bought with a fortune built in part atop pr