LONDON – Online auction site eBay has apologized after a newspaper found apparent Holocaust memorabilia, including the clothes of concentration camp victims, being offered for sale.
Britain’s Mail on Sunday newspaper said items included shoes and a suitcase from concentration camp prisoners, Star of David armbands that Jews were forced to wear and the alleged uniform of a Polish baker who died in Auschwitz.
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The newspaper identified the seller of the uniform as a Ukranian man who now lives in Vancouver.
EBay said it had removed 30 items from the site and donated 25,000 pounds ($40,000) to a suitable charity.
The company issued the following statement:
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“We are very sorry that these items have been listed on eBay and we are removing them. We don’t allow listings of this nature, and dedicate thousands of staff to policing our site and use the latest technology to detect items that shouldn’t be for sale. We very much regret that we didn’t live up to our own standards. We have made a donation to charity to reflect our concern.”
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