The police will conduct an in-house chemical analysis of the bar of soap, which has a swastika stamped on it, to determine whether it was made from the corpses of Holocaust victims.
Botines was willing to sell the bar for $300. The store owner claims he bought the bar of soap from a retired Canadian soldier who found it in a concentration camp. Botines' son Ivan, who co-owns the store, said its ingredients are a mystery. "I can only tell you what [Abraham] told me, which is it was probably made from human fat or grease," he said.
Botines said he tried to sell the item to a Holocaust museum, which refused the offer. He said he has long been collecting memorabilia from the Nazi era. He has also been criticized in the past for selling Nazi memorabilia.
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I agree with Foreigner1. If the person donated the soap to a Holocaust Museum, Remembrance Society etc, with no profit whatsoever, I may have believed it. To try and sell something of such significance for such a low asking price is indicative of the sellers low morals, ethics, mentality and understanding of the Holocaust.
I don't see why he shouldn't be allowed to sell it unless he's in one of those states where it's illegal to sell human remains (there are only two I think).
Ratz: If your grandparents had been murdered, and the murderer had made soap out of their body fat, would you want that soap being sold in an antiques shop?
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