The internet auction site eBay has apologised and removed 30 items from sale after it was found to be selling artefacts that belonged to the victims of the Holocaust.

The items included a uniform thought to have belonged to a Polish baker who died in Auschwitz, which was on sale for £11,200.

The site apologised and said it had made a donation of £25,000 to charity.

Other items reported to be for sale included shoes and a toothbrush belonging to a death camp victim and Star of David armbands which Jews were compelled to wear in Germany and occupied territories.

eBay said the items had been removed “in view of the seriousness of the issue”, adding: “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.”

Eva Clarke, 68, from Cambridge, who was born in a concentration camp in 1945 and lost 15 members of her family at Auschwitz-Birkenau, told the Mail on Sunday: “I am at a loss for words how a mainstream site like eBay could profit from this. It is so disrespectful to the victims.”