Collectors Explain Why They Acquire Nazi Memorabilia

“Okay, so I know it might look bad, but it’s honestly just because I also believe in the idea of a master race.”

“Simple: I hate Jews and love tchotchkes.”

“If you don’t have a cool Nazi collection, you might as well be invisible at the Supreme Court parties.”

“Much better value than KKK memorabilia.”

“It’s not fair that everyone focuses on their disgusting crimes instead of their cute little tea sets.”

“Trying to get a Night At The Museum–type situation going if you get my drift.”

“Oftentimes, a bathrobe with a swastika on it will be significantly cheaper than a bathrobe without.”

“The more helmets I acquire, the more Nazis there are running around without adequate head protection.”

“It’s a solemn reminder of what once happened and could happen again if we play our cards right.”

“It’s like how people who collect stamps really hate stamps.”

“It matches my living room’s red, white, and black color scheme.”

“To be fair, I’d collect Allied artifacts too if they had better graphic design.”

“I got burned by the Beanie Babies craze, but this seems like a way safer bet.”

“I admire the neoclassical design aesthetic, the fusion of the utilitarian and the symbolic, and all the stuff they did with the Holocaust.”

“With the kids all in school, I’m just trying to stay busy.”

“Buying a Bugatti and a yacht didn’t impress women, so I figured I had to go bigger.”

“Just because someone owns Nazi memorabilia doesn’t mean they endorse the Nazi’s white supremacist ideology. That just happens to be the case for me.”

“It’s my daily reminder to commit mass genocide.”