Museum authorities at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German death camp in Poland have protested to an online vendor that was selling miniskirts, pillows and other items bearing photos of the camp, where around 1.1 million people were killed during World War II. Add Germany as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Germany news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Add InterestOn , the museum addressed the vending site, redbubble, to say that offering such products with images of Auschwitz is "rather disturbing and disrespectful." Spokesman Lukasz Lipinski told The Associated Press Wednesday the museum felt obliged to protest. Items offered by various makers included miniskirts, pillows and tote bags with bleak black-and-white post-war images of the camp and the railway tracks down which trains brought people to Birkenau and its gas chambers.

Source: ABC News May 08, 2019 10:38 UTC