An auction of Holocaust artifacts, including letters from the dead and Nazi administative documents, was called off in Germany after complaints from survivors. Poland's foreign minister said the "offensive" event was a scandal and that he and his German counterpart had made sure it would not go ahead.

Earlier, a Holocaust survivors group called on the German auction house Felzmann to cancel Monday's sale of hundreds of Holocaust artifacts, including letters written by prisoners and other documents that identify many people by name.

A listing of information about the auction on the Auktionhaus Felzmann website on Sunday morning was no longer on the site by mid-afternoon. The house did not immediately respond to calls, an email and a text message on Sunday.

The auction was headlined "The

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