An auction house in Launceston has been criticised by a Jewish community group for selling Nazi war memorabilia.
Several items of Nazi memorabilia are set to go under the hammer in Tasmania, despite calls from the Jewish community to end the "perverse" sales.
Armitage Auctions in Launceston will on Wednesday put German war artefacts up for bidding including medals with swastikas.
The auction house, which came under fire for selling similar items in August, has defended their decision to carry on with such sales.
"We can understand that the sight of some of these items could be upsetting, and to those affected we are sorry," auctioneer Neil O'Brien said.
"Whilst we obviously condemn what happened in the war along with similar atrocities throughout history, people are interested in artefacts associated with these events."
The auction house has sold various war memorabilia for 30 years, Mr O'Brien said.
"There are items other than German war memorabilia that we offer for sale which offend some people but are legal to sell," he added.
"It puts us in a difficult position to choose outside the boundaries of the law what is ethical to sell and what is not."
