A fancy dress item described as a 'Holocaust wound' was removed from sale on Amazon this week following a number of complaints - including one from the Auschwitz Museum and Memorial.

The £20 latex wound was offered on Amazon UK by a seller called Horror-Shop. The product description, which appeared to have been erratically translated from German read: "Holocaust wound. Derbe burn for half his face as latex application. 3D Burn! Acid attack, Krasser sunburn or wound a burnt offering to be burst blisters over half his face."

The official Twitter account for the Holocaust memorial tweeted out an image of the product listing on Monday, saying: “Dear @AmazonUK: is selling 'a Holocaust wound' really appropriate? This is rather disturbing & disrespectful.”