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Auschwitz was the largest of the Nazi concentration camps
Amazon has withdrawn a range of "Christmas ornaments" displaying images of a former concentration camp that sellers had posted on its
The move followed a tweet from Poland's Auschwitz Memorial calling on the retailer to remove the "disturbing and disrespectful" merchandise
It included Christmas tree decorations, a bottle opener and a mouse-pad
All displayed scenes from the Nazi death camp where mass killing was conducted in World War Two
The Christmas merchandise featured images from Auschwitz including the railway line leading to its infamous gates, the barbed wire fences
and the buildings where it housed victims - mainly Jews
The memorial and museum later posted an update to say the items had been removed and thanked social media users for their "activity and
response" after the post attracted thousands of retweets.But later Auschwitz Memorial posted again to say "sadly, it's not over yet"
It said it had found a "disturbing online product" from another seller - a computer mouse-pad bearing the image of a freight train used for
deporting people to the concentration camps
Amazon said the "products in question have been removed"
"All sellers must follow our selling guidelines and those who do not will be subject to action, including potential removal of their
account," the company added.Media playback is unsupported on your deviceMedia captionHolocaust survivors: The families who weren’t meant
