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(IsraelNN.com) A yellow star worn by a young Jew during the Holocaust which was sold at a Tel Aviv auction for $240 has sparked debate Monday over the treatment of Holocaust-related memorabilia. 

Tel Aviv Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau told Army Radio that the star should have been donated to a museum and not sold, noting that it is particularly insensitive to sell such objects when survivors of the atrocities are still living amongst us.  Labor MK Ophir Paz-Pines called the sale "shameful and disgraceful," and said such sales should be condemned. Other commentators have noted that relics from additional eras of Jewish suffering are put up for sale, such as those from the Roman and Greek periods in Israel. 

The identity of the seller and the reasons for the sale have not been made public.