Dear Amy: My partner, “Chris” just showed me a gift he bought for his adult son. This gift is a “verified” personal calling card once owned by Adolf Hitler (Hitler allegedly gave them out to people he would meet).
Chris purchased this card from an American museum’s rare items collection and spent quite a bit of money for it.Chris is a nice and kind person, and he doesn’t have any prejudice against any ethnic groups.
I wrote a note to my partner about how I felt about it and invited him to do some soul-searching about his choice. He read my note, stated that he felt angry and frustrated by it, and said, “I knew I shouldn’t have shown it to you.” He then said, “I don’t want my day ruined by this.” In my opinion, unless a purchaser intends to use artifacts as teaching tools to illustrate both the banality and the monstrosity of evil, then there is absolutely no ethical reason to purchase them.So yes, I’d say that at the least, your “nice and kind” guy is sensitive regarding himself , and not actually sensitive to the reality of suffering experienced by millions of people that should be brought to mind by any Hitler artifact.
The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the deceased’s favorite charity. I intend to make such a donation.
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