eBay apologises for selling Holocaust memorabilia "I understand why people may think profiting is wrong but I sell these items to document [them] and to fund my book projects," he told the Mail on Sunday. If I was a descendant of a victim, I would want to see how my relatives lived. I would want to buy these items to remember them. Other items found advertised on eBay included a pair of shoes belonging to a death victim, yellow Star of David armbands used to mark out Jews for persecution and a concentration camp toothbrush. The website charges sellers ten per cent of the final sale price, in some cases on top of a listing fee. The sale of Holocaust-related materials is legal in the UK, although some European countries ban the sale of Nazi memorabilia. Rabbi Abraham Cooper, of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in Los Angeles, said it was "flat out disgusting" for eBay to profit from the sale of uniforms worn by Holocaust victims. He added: "This is taking the sale of Nazi death camp memorabilia to the mainstream. It is deplorable. These precious items only belong in museums because they are witnesses to history. This trade is demeaning to everyone who died in the Holocaust. eBay said in a statement: "We are very sorry that these items have been listed on eBay and we are removing them. 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.