Museum challenged to remove Nazi-era toys

By Shane Desiatnik
June 4 2014 - 12:00am
A figurine of Hitler and swastika banners forms the backdrop of this Nazi-era toy set displayed inside Leuralla's toy and railway museum.
A figurine of Hitler and swastika banners forms the backdrop of this Nazi-era toy set displayed inside Leuralla's toy and railway museum.
Katoomba resident and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, Rachel Besser, believes the toy and railway museum in Leura is an innapropriate place for Nazi-themed toys and a Nazi flag to be exhibited.
Katoomba resident and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, Rachel Besser, believes the toy and railway museum in Leura is an innapropriate place for Nazi-themed toys and a Nazi flag to be exhibited.

A Katoomba resident is calling on the operators of the NSW Toy and Railway Museum in Leura to remove displays of Nazi-era toys and swastika flags and banners, or at least provide warning notices for visitors, following a trip to the tourist attraction last week which she claims was "traumatic and led to nightmares".

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