Amazon has pulled a range of “Auschwitz-themed Christmas ornaments” displaying images of the Nazi concentration camp.
Among the items posted by sellers to the website were festive decorations, bottle openers and a mousepad.
It seems that @amazon has removed all of the "Christmas ornaments" with the images of the former Auschwitz camp. Thank you everyone for your activity and response. https://t.co/VGFnSDMWM9
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) December 1, 2019
On Sunday, the Auschwitz Memorial tweeted to call on the online retailer to remove the “disturbing and disrespectful” merchandise.
The Christmas ornaments featured images of rail tracks leading to the camp, as well as barbed wire fences and buildings in which prisoners were housed.
The Auschwitz Memorial later posted an update announcing that Amazon had removed the items, thanking social media users for their “activity and response,” after its initial tweet was retweeted thousands of times.
Other Auschwitz-related merchandise was later found on Amazon – a mousepad bearing the image of a deportation train.
Sadly, it is not over yet @amazon. The "Massacre Auschwitcz (!) Birkenau Jewish Death" mousepad is another disturbing online product. We are not sure if @yadvashem would like the "Christmas ornament" with a freight car used for deporting Jews for extermination either. https://t.co/qDEEzqzwSU pic.twitter.com/wXExhFZPmV
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) December 1, 2019
Amazon said the "products in question have been removed.”
"All sellers must follow our selling guidelines and those who do not will be subject to action, including potential removal of their account," the company added.
