Amazon has take out a number of items that inexplicably draw Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz on Christmas tree ornaments and nursing bottle openers after they were flag by the Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum on Twitter .
The official account for the Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland on Sunday shared screenshots of several point for sales agreement on the situation , include the bottle opener and a star - shaped ornament describe barbed - conducting wire fence and another ship’s bell - shaped ornamentation displaying the entranceway at Auschwitz II - Birkenau , with all of the item advertised with the availableness of “ customization . ” An estimated1.1 million peoplewere vote out or died at Auschwitz concentration camp during the Second World War .
sell " Christmas ornament " with figure of Auschwitz does not seem appropriate . Auschwitz on a bottleful untier is rather disturbing and awless . We ask@amazonto move out the token of those suppliers.https://t.co/0uG2JG558epic.twitter.com/ucZoTWPk1W
Photo: Lynne Sladky (AP)
— Auschwitz Memorial ( @AuschwitzMuseum)December 1 , 2019
“ Selling ‘ Christmas decoration ’ with double of Auschwitz does not seem appropriate . Auschwitz on a nursing bottle opener is rather distressful and disrespectful , ” the memorial museum tweeted early Sunday , asking that Amazon bump off the item from its platform . By Sunday good afternoon , it post a accompany - up tweet that the original item appeared to have been removed , but tweet that it had identified others in the Amazon marketplace .
Sadly , it is not over yet@amazon . The " Massacre Auschwitcz ( ! ) Birkenau Judaic Death " mouse mat is another disturbing on-line mathematical product . We are not sure if@yadvashemwould like the " Christmas decoration " with a load motorcar used for extradite Jews for extermination either.https://t.co/qDEEzqzwSUpic.twitter.com/wXExhFZPmV
Reached for comment , an Amazon voice reassert by email those “ product in question ” had been polish off from the site , though it appeared theseller ’s profilewas still active and selling other items .
“ All seller must follow our selling guidelines and those who do not will be subject to natural action , include possible remotion of their account , ” an Amazon spokesperson say in a statement . But the company did not respond to multiple request for comment about why they were capable to be sold on the marketplace , to begin with .
The Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum did n’t directly return Gizmodo ’s request for comment about the incident , but we ’ll update if we hear back .
This is n’t Amazon ’s first rodeo with distressing and extremely incompatible ware appearing on its marketplace with seemingly little supervision . Amazonyanked booksthat encouraged the use of fringe , potentially life - peril “ autism cure ” for children involving bleach , among other outrageous abuses . It alsopulled bath matsdisplaying Islamic spiritual text edition earlier this twelvemonth after CAIR say the mat “ would be turn back - on or otherwise disrespected by customer . ” Many time , Amazon Peter Sellers are volunteer merchandise that ’s only analgorithmically - generatedconcept for users to purchase as a one - off particular that ’s only manufacture after the society is aim .
Let ’s also not blank out Amazon was slow to pullConfederate - flag themed merchandiseuntil most other major retailers decided that was a problem . While Amazon did finally bend to public pressure and bar those products in 2015 , a study from July of last year found that white supremacist merchandise and Nazi imagerycontinued to dress upon the site .
Now , it seems , the site can impart distasteful Auschwitz Christmas ornaments to its ever - growing list ofweak Cartesian product oversightand embarrassingmarketplace flunk .
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