Police investigate after Nazi propaganda material found at flea market
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- A 61-year-old man allegedly offered several Nazi-era propaganda books for sale at a flea market in Varel.
- Police said some books displayed unconstitutional symbols and opened an investigation because the material had been made publicly accessible.
- Authorities seized the books, while their origin and the reason for the sale remained unknown.
Police are investigating after Nazi propaganda material appeared for sale at a flea market in Varel, north of Oldenburg.
A 61-year-old man offered several propaganda books from the Nazi period at the market on Sunday, police said. Some of the books also displayed unconstitutional symbols.
Because the man made the material publicly accessible by selling it, police opened an investigation and seized the books. Authorities had not initially established where the books came from or why he had offered them for sale.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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