Retailer under fire for using images of Auschwitz on mini skirt

The Auschwitz Memorial has criticised an online retailer for cashing in on clothing and household decor printed with images of the former Nazi concentration camp.

The museum preserves the site of the former German Nazi Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp in Poland.

Some of the items which appeared on the Redbubble website, featuring pictures of Auschwitz, were shared on Twitter, as the museum questioned the international retailer’s tact.

Redbubble is a “global online marketplace” which allows users to sell merchandise with their own submitted artwork. The items identified appeared to be listed by various sellers.

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Among the offending items were mini skirts displaying an image of the concentration camp’s chimney, cushions picturing the iconic railway tracks and tote bags showing the building’s entrance.

"Do you really think that selling such products as pillows, miniskirts or tote bags with the images of Auschwitz - a place of enormous human tragedy where over 1.1 million people were murdered - is acceptable?" The Auschwitz Memorial asked in the tweet Wednesday.

"This is rather disturbing and disrespectful."

The thread was met with almost 1000 tweets from others agreeing the items were in poor taste.

“This is just nauseating,” one tweeted.

Another commented: “Absolutely disgusting putting these images on things like these. Hopefully no one in their right mind will buy them.”

A third added: “Disgusting. I never understood why people took selfies there either. Not sure what goes through people's minds.”

Redbubble replied to the Twitter thread, thanking the museum for bringing the items to its attention, saying the garments were “not acceptable” and “not in line with our community guidelines”.

“We are taking immediate action to remove these and similar works available on these product types,” the ecommerce platform tweeted.

"Redbubble is the host of an online marketplace where independent users take responsibility for the images they upload. We have onsite reporting functions in place and are grateful to be made aware of these concerns."

The products no longer appear to be listed on Redbubble's website.

The museum describes the camp as a symbol of “terror, genocide” created by the Nazis in mid-1940.

The Auschwitz Memorial recently made headlines for asking visitors to stop taking photos walking on its iconic train tracks.

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