The Auschwitz Museum denounced Redbubble, a company that sells artwork from independent artists, for selling memorabilia with pictures of the concentration camp.
“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,” the museum, which now takes care of the grounds of the former extermination camp, tweeted Tuesday at Redbubble.
.@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.com/cdPvZGMXC6
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) May 7, 2019
The company features dozens of different products that contain various images of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
The Auschwitz Museum has been vigilant in making sure the public respects the deaths of those who died at the concentration camp. In March, the museum criticized photographs of people balancing on the railroad tracks.
“When you come to @AuschwitzMuseum remember you are at the site where over 1 million people were killed. Respect their memory. There are better places to learn how to walk on a balance beam than the site which symbolizes deportation of hundreds of thousands to their deaths,” the museum said.
When you come to @AuschwitzMuseum remember you are at the site where over 1 million people were killed. Respect their memory. There are better places to learn how to walk on a balance beam than the site which symbolizes deportation of hundreds of thousands to their deaths. pic.twitter.com/TxJk9FgxWl
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) March 20, 2019
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