Auschwitz concentration camp pattern Christmas decorations sold on Amazon and Auschwitz Museum furious



It became clear on December 1, 2019 that Christmas ornaments and bottle openers with photos of Auschwitz concentration camps were available for purchase on Amazon. In response to the report, Amazon has deleted the indicated item, but similar items are listed at a pace that Amazon's deletion cannot keep up with, causing problems.

Amazon Removes Holiday Ornaments With Images of Auschwitz After Criticism-The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/01/business/amazon-auschwitz-christmas-ornament.html

Amazon pulls Auschwitz Christmas ornaments showing concentration camp-CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/02/tech/amazon-auschwitz-products-removed-scli-intl/index.html

As of December 1, 2019, the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum posted on Twitter that 'Ornaments and bottle openers using photos of Auschwitz concentration camps are on sale on Amazon.' “These are inappropriate, uncomfortable and rude,” the museum commented. This post was retweeted about 10,000 at the time of article creation, many criticism such as `` minimum '' `` incredibly inappropriate in every sense '' was thrown against Amazon, and even people who call for non-buying movement have appeared .



The products actually posted on Amazon look like the following. It is written as a Christmas ornament.



The following items are called bottle openers, refrigerator magnets, and beer bottle covers.



About 10 hours after the first post, the museum reported that the above items were removed from Amazon.



After that, Amazon PR also officially announced that the product in question was deleted, stating that `` All sellers must follow the sales guidelines, and sellers who do not follow are subject to treatment including account deletion. '' It was. In addition, Amazon does not disclose the period when products using Auschwitz concentration camp photos were sold.

However, not only the above items are sold on Amazon. Photos of tracks leading to concentration camps are used for ornaments ...



There have also been reports of bath towels and other products that include “ if you work, you will be free ” as a product slogan set by the Nazi administration as a slogan for concentration camps.



This is not the first time Amazon has sold inappropriate items. In 2018, a non-profit organization reported that children's clothing with printed right-hand images of alternatives , Nazi-themed action figures, anti-Semitic books and CDs were sold on Amazon. At this time, Amazon's policy prohibiting hate is criticized for generating funds for the hate group because it has insufficient power and is insufficient. A few weeks after the issue was pointed out, there was pressure from legislators, and third parties were prohibited from selling products with symbols of Nazis and white supremacy on Amazon.

According to Chris McCabe, a former Amazon employee and e-commerce consultant, Amazon circulates websites to find `` items that may violate policies '' and human workers The approach is to make a decision on whether the item should be deleted or not. Since a huge number of items are evaluated by such a mechanism, it is impossible to make a decision before posting the product, or to delete the product on the Amazon side before the general public notices. McCabe sees the item in question this time: “I do n’t think it ’s a technical error. It was flagged, but it was n’t timely evaluated by humans.”

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