Nazi memorabilia

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This Nazi flag was captured during the Western Desert Campaign by Commonwealth troops, and is now displayed in the museum of an Australian war veterans' village

Nazi memorabilia are items of Nazi origin that are collected by museums and private individuals. Much of it comes from soldiers who collected small items as trophies during the Second World War.

Examples of Nazi memorabilia include swastika flags, items with Nazi emblems such as SS daggers, Nazi-era Iron Crosses and other Nazi medals, and contemporary editions of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf.

The sale of such memorabilia is prohibited in some countries in Europe. In the year 2000, in France, the Internet portal site yahoo.com was sued by the Union of Jewish Students and the International Anti-Racism and Anti-Semitism League for "justifying war crimes and crimes against humanity" by allowing such memorabilia to be sold via its auction pages. Yahoo!'s response was to ban the sale of Nazi memorabilia through its website. In 2003 a court in Paris cleared Yahoo!.

However, in other countries it is not prohibited.

Auction website eBay also bans the sale of Nazi memorabilia.