THE POINT IS THAT eBAY DIDN’T TAKE THIS DOWN UNTIL THEY WERE COUGHT BY THE MEDIA. THEY HAVE, BY THEIR OWN ADMISSION “THOUSANDS OF STAFF WORKING TO POLICE OUR SITE.” WHAT ARE THEY? STUPID, INCOMPETENT OR BOTH? E-BAY GETS A COMMISSION ON EVERYTHING THEY SELL; DID THEY TRY TO GET AWAY WITH SOMETHING BECAUSE THEIR BOTTOM LINE IS PROFIT? HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THESE ARTICLES WERE FOR SALE IN AN E-BAY AUCTION? THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY SO GROTESQUE, SUCH AN ABOMINATION THAT THEY COULDN'T POSSIBLY GET BY SOMEONE'S VIEW. THE TOP eBAY BRASS MUST HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN INCREDIBLY HIGH PROFILE, CONTROVERSIAL AUCTION.
IT IS SIMILAR TO THE TAKEDOWN OF THE ANTI-ZIMMERMAN ARTWORK BY E-BAY SHOWING A HOODED KKK MEMBER POINTING A GUN AT A HOODED BLACK YOUTH. PULLING THE AUCTION WAS DONE ON THE BASIS OF A TOTALLY VAGUE STANDARD --"HATEFUL AND DISCRIMINATORY" WHICH E-BAY DOESN'T APPLY TO RAPE PORN THEY SELL. THE POINT IS THAT ZIMMERMAN/TRAYVON MARTIN ARTWORK JUST HAS TO BE SO HIGH PROFILE IN THE E-BAY FOOD CHAIN THAT THE CEO MUST HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT. IF HE DIDN'T HE IS A TOTAL INCOMPETENT. IS THE BRITISH HISTORIAN SIMMON SCHAMA CORRECT THAT “THERE IS NO MORAL ATROCITY TO WITCH eBAY WILL NOT DESCEND TO MAKE A BUCK?”
ARTICLE IS FROM FOX NEWS
Purported Holocaust memorabilia removed by eBay after investigation
Published November 03, 2013FoxNews.com
The internet auction site eBay has apologized and removed listed items purported to be artifacts from the Holocaust after an investigation by a British newspaper uncovered the listings.
The Mail on Sunday reported that the site had removed more than 30 listings for items ranging from a battered suitcase and a yellow Star of David armband denoting the wearer as Jewish, to a pair of shoes purported to belong to a death camp victim and a complete uniform believed to have belonged to a prisoner in Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp in occupied Poland.
The authenticity of the items could not be independently verified.
"We are very sorry these items have been listed on eBay and we are removing them," eBay said in a statement. "We don't allow listings of this nature, and dedicate thousands of staff to policing our site and use the latest technology to detect items that shouldn't be for sale.
"We very much regret that we didn't live up to our own standards. We have made a donation to charity to reflect our concern."
The Mail reported that the uniform was being sold by one Viktor Kempf, a Ukranian-born resident of Vancouver, Canada. Kempf told the paper that he bought the clothes from a dealer in America and insisted that they were genuine. He described himself as a historian who was selling the clothes to fund book projects. Kempf also said that he had sold another set of clothes linked to Auschwitz for $18,000.
"I have had criticism in the past and I find it upsetting," Kempf told the paper. "I don’t want people to think I’m just doing it for the money. These periods in history are horrific, nobody should ever forget them."
British historian Simon Schama, who is Jewish, was quoted by the Mail as saying, "This is absolutely beyond belief. Plainly there is no moral atrocity to which eBay will not descend to make a buck. This is an unspeakable act of moral cretinousness."
The sale of materials from the Holocaust is illegal in Germany, Austria, and France. It was not clear if the site violated any of those laws.
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