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Nazi-era soap a controversial collectible

A Montreal store has come under fire from Jewish groups for selling Nazi memorabilia, including a bar of soap that is rumoured to be made from the remains of Holocaust victims.

Inside a cramped collectibles shop on St. Laurent Blvd., Abraham Botines claims he bought the bar of soap off a Canadian soldier who found it in a concentration camp.

Described as yellowish and adorned with a swastika, his son, Ivan, who owns the store, said its ingredients are uncertain, but potentially disturbing.

"I can only tell you what (Abraham) told me, which is it was probably made from human fat or grease," he said....
Read entire article at CTV Montreal