article_snippet: Auction house owner Nate Sanders, whose eponymous firm is running the sale, defended the decision to sell racist books saying racist books were 'part of history'.
article_snippet: the sale is banned in some European countries, including Germany and France, and led to a major French case against Yahoo more than a decade ago.
article_snippet: But Mr Sanders, who is Jewish, said most collectors were not neo-Nazis but simply military history aficionados. '
article_snippet: It is a piece of history,' he said last week. '
article_snippet: The same people who collect Adolf Hitler (items) collect George Washington, or World War II, or George Patton. '
article_snippet: There's white supremacist collectors of Hitler, and there's Jewish collectors of Hitler items.'
article_snippet: Signed pages: The sale of Nazi memorabilia is banned in come European countries including France .
article_snippet: the same auction house has not revealed books that futilely warned the world of Hitler's intentions history or the identity of the seller.
highlights_snippet: Mr Sanders, who is Jewish, defends sales saying books 'part of history'
  Sales of Nazi memorabilia are banned in Germany and France .