Amazon has been forced to withdraw "disturbing" Christmas ornaments bearing images of Auschwitz.

The Auschwitz Museum condemned the online shopping giant for selling death camp-themed decorations and novelty bottle openers.

Officials from the museum, which preserves the site of the former Nazi Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp, said the products were "disrespectful" and called on the online retail giant to remove them from sale.

On Sunday afternoon Amazon confirmed it had removed the Auschwitz-themed products from sale.

The retailer had received multiple complaints about the items, including negative reviews on its site and more than 2,000 messages on Twitter.

Items include star and bell-shaped Christmas tree baubles featuring photographs of the death camp.