News server Romea.cz reported yesterday that the German-language pages of the Zazzle online retailer were offering a T-shirt reading "GYPSY HUNTER BADGE – WE KILL THE GYPSIES". The item was no longer for sale approximately two hours later.
Customers wrote indignant protest letters to the company and shared them through Facebook. News server Romea.cz also contacted the firm with questions.
Communications Director Diana Adair responded to Romea.cz yesterday evening as follows: "Thank you for contacting us regarding the matter of this motif. We are working to remove it. Zazzle provides an open market where users can create a broad range of products themselves. Whenever we ascertain that a product violates our norms because of hateful or violent content, we immediately remove it."
