They managed to stop the sale of anti-vaccine shirts with Nazi symbols

the The Wiesenthal center avoided the sale of the so-called “yellow star” t-shirts, with an anti-vaccine design with Nazi symbols. The T-shirts were designed via German company Spreadshirt’s platform, dedicated to on-demand printing and online marketing of clothing and accessories.

“Disgusting outrage to see a Spreadshirt T-shirt with the yellow star at rallies, assimilate anti-vaccines to Jewish victims of the NazisThe Centre’s director of international relations, Shimon Samuels, said in a letter to the CEO of the e-commerce company.

In another part of the letter (July 23) he states: “You surely know that trivializing the Holocaust is illegal in Germany and is considered a form of anti-Semitism”.

Four days later The Leipzig-based company thanked the contact for this sensitive issue and apologized.. “We immediately removed the design” and “blocked the partner” who uploaded to your online store “because they broke the community rules several times,” he said in his response.

Thanks to the rapid action of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, dedicated to the documentation of the victims of the Holocaust and the registration of Nazi war criminals, it was possible to stop the marketing of the “yellow star” T-shirts, which referred to the anti-vaccine movement. through the use of symbols of Nazism.

The institution also noted that This is not the first time that this express printing company and others have been used in this way to distribute inappropriate images.. Founded in 2002, German company Spreadshirt is an e-commerce platform for on-demand printing of clothing and accessories.

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