[Ammi]

Online auction site eBay is facing an international storm of outrage after it was revealed to be profiting from the repulsive trade in Holocaust memorabilia.

Items for sale include the clothes of concentration camp victims. Among dozens of sick souvenirs on offer last week was a striped uniform thought to have belonged to a Polish baker who died in Auschwitz, which was on sale for £11,200.

It was one of dozens of offensive items uncovered by a Mail on Sunday investigation. And within hours of being alerted to the item by this newspaper, eBay removed it from sale after conducting an ‘urgent investigation’

The internet giant apologised and vowed to give £25,000 to a suitable charity, before removing more than 30 other death camp souvenirs which it said had evaded its strict vetting process.

eBay, the world’s largest online marketplace, admitted it had no idea how long it has been helping sell items linked to genocide, but one Nazi memorabilia dealer boasted of selling an Auschwitz victim’s uniform for thousands of pounds on the site last year.


The company receives a commission on items sold, as well as charging a listing fee.

Last night Holocaust survivors, politicians and campaigners around the globe reacted to The Mail on Sunday’s findings with revulsion and disbelief.

Eva Clarke, 68, from Cambridge, who was born in a concentration camp in 1945 and lost 15 members of her family at Auschwitz-Birkenau, said: ‘I am at a loss for words how a mainstream site like eBay could profit from this.

'It is so disrespectful to the victims.’

Culture Minister Ed Vaizey said: ‘I applaud The Mail on Sunday for exposing this vile and repulsive trade.

'Websites need to be constantly vigilant to ensure that this kind of thing is not made available.’

Among the items we found for sale on eBay last week were:
A pair of shoes belonging to a death camp victim advertised for £940.
Yellow Star of David armbands singling out Jews for persecution.
A Holocaust victim’s battered suitcase priced at £492.
A £145 ‘concentration camp toothbrush’.

Meanwhile, other sites were offering gas chamber ‘handles’ adorned with swastikas from Dachau concentration camp in Germany.

The most offensive item on eBay was a complete Auschwitz prisoner uniform, including striped shirt, trousers, cap and wooden shoes, with the seller including an armband from Dachau along with the sale.


he item was accompanied by a haunting image of a pile of garments from camp victims


Full story and pictures... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...mp-relics.html

[arista]

Yes removed from sale now
thats why i did not bother with a thread

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes removed from sale now
thats why i did not bother with a thread

those guys don't look like they are starving... just saying...

nicki minaj is jealous of those hips...

at least the gays were smart enuf to put some meat on their bones before they went in.

[lostalex]

seriously though, how is this stuff even authenticated? what's stopping the Chinese from just selling tatty striped pants on ebay as a holocaust memorabilia?

[Suze]

I doubt many were starving on 'first' entering those camps though Alex.

Back to the news item though, absolutely disgusting that such sales go on. Those sites should be monitered much better and regularly to ensure that such sales do not happen.

[AnnieK]

It's crazy they've not been picked up. We sell a lot of DVDs on eBay and have had loads removed for violating policies. I'm surprised that no-one reported these items.

[Kizzy]

Ebay did say it was a misnomer, do the mail now accept the holocaust happened?... just sayin.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by anniek76

It's crazy they've not been picked up. We sell a lot of DVDs on eBay and have had loads removed for violating policies. I'm surprised that no-one reported these items.

WTF, you have a bootleg DVD business on ebay annie?? lol, I never would have guessed

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by anniek76

It's crazy they've not been picked up. We sell a lot of DVDs on eBay and have had loads removed for violating policies. I'm surprised that no-one reported these items.

Originally Posted by lostalex

WTF, you have a bootleg DVD business on ebay annie?? lol, I never would have guessed

....

[arista]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Ebay did say it was a misnomer, do the mail now accept the holocaust happened?... just sayin.

yes they do

[AnnieK]

Not bootlegs They don't like some of the older horror movies I Spit on Your Grave is not allowed plus things like Caligula!

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by anniek76

Not bootlegs They don't like some of the older horror movies I Spit on Your Grave is not allowed plus things like Caligula!

ohh I remember Caligula, it's got fisting in it right? weren't there also swings with dildos attached to the seats?

you should sell them on amazon instead, amazon will sell anything. they sell sex toys on amazon. **** ebay. amazon is better.

[Z]

That's really awful... can't believe Annie has a pirate DVD business, it's always the quiet ones