The Holocaust-history biz

The Issue: Whether the Nazi-memorabilia market is about making money or preserving history.

Menachem Z. Rosensaft, who is outraged by the trade in Nazi memorabilia, really should lighten up (“The Trouble With the Hitler Trade,” PostOpinion, Aug. 19).

It is not all bad.

My father-in-law, who fought at the Battle of the Bulge, brought home a Nazi sword as a keepsake.

After he passed away, my wife and I sold the sword, and, in his memory, used the proceeds to participate in a program buying snacks for off-duty soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces.

One can buy quite a lot of pizza for $300.

Irwin Romaner

Suffern

I recently visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, where I saw biographies of Josef Mengele, Josef Goebbels and Reinhard Heydrich for sale.

Without the source material which I and other conscientious dealers place in the hands of Holocaust collectors, institutions and scholars, those books could never be written.

And without the discovery and public offering of the writings and relics of the fomenters of the Final Solution, there can be no education.

As survivors of the Holocaust pass away in increasing numbers, what will remain to testify to the deeds of the Nazis and deniers?

Only the physical evidence.