The online merchant, which sells print-on-demand products of user-submitted artwork, said it was working to remove the items.
By Taylor Telford Taylor Telford Reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow May 8 at 11:30 AM .@redbubble Do you really think that selling such products as pillows, mini skirts or tote bags with the images of Auschwitz - a place of enormous human tragedy where over 1,1 million people were murdered - is acceptable? This is rather disturbing and disrespectful. pic.twitter.
“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 wrote in a tweet. — Redbubble Help May 7, 2019 In the tweets, Redbubble also emphasized that users upload items to the site themselves and must “take responsibility” for them. The site’s community guidelines prohibit work that glorifies or trivializes violence.
“Whether intentional or not, this gray and white striped pattern and pink triangle combination is deeply offensive and should not be mainstreamed into popular culture,” Abraham Foxman, a Holocaust survivor and national director of the Anti-Defamation League, said in a letter condemning the chain. — Auschwitz Memorial May 8, 2019 "We have been wondering if “the nature of this content” is also “not acceptable” for you and is “not in line with your Community Guidelines,” the account tweeted. Redbubble had not yet responded.
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