Businessman buys Hitler's possessions at auction so they can't be used for Nazi-propaganda, donates them all to Jewish group

Geneva-based millionaire said he originally wanted to burn the items he bought before deciding they best belonged in a museum.

"Far-right populism and anti-Semitism are spreading all over Europe and the world, I did not want these objects to fall into the wrong hands and to be used by people with dishonest intentions", Chatila told the Swiss newspaper.After purchasing the item, Chatila said he will now be donating them to the Keren Hayesod association, an Israeli fundraising group, with the hope they end up in a museum, after having originally wished they were"burned.

"It's easy to think that one voice will not change anything but this is the best example of how it actually does! According to The Local, Chatila is among the top 300 richest people in Switzerland having moved there from his native Lebanon decades ago. He was estimated to have a net worth of around €136 million in 2012.

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