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Website removes Auschwitz-themed skirts and cushions after outcry

Redbubble announced that it would take 'immediate action' after the Auschwitz Memorial asked why the products were being sold

May 8, 2019 14:50
One of the items which was being sold on the Redbubble site
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A website where independent artists can sell their wares has removed products including prints of Auschwitz, after the Death Camp’s official memorial organisation described them as “disturbing and disrespectful.”

Redbubble, which says it is “a global online marketplace for print-on-demand products based on user-submitted artwork”, was asked by the Auschwitz Museum and Memorial whether the company thought “selling such products…with the images of Auschwitz - a place of enormous human tragedy where over 1.1 million people were murdered - is acceptable?”

Items featuring pictures of the camps were available to buy on the site, including miniskirts (approximately £30), throw pillows (approximately £40) tote bags and coffee cups.

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