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were killed by The Nazis in Auschwitz , Some Jewish groups have criticized Amazon for fictional representations of The Holocaust in his new series, the hunter.

The online retail giant has also been denounced for allowing the sale of anti-Semitic propaganda books.

David Weil , the producer of the hunter, defended the series, and Amazon has said that it was "feedback" about the controversial sale of a book.

hunter, a 10-part drama series that follows a team of Nazi-hunters in the 1970s America.

The Show , starring Al Pacino , has been accused of Bad Taste and "Jewsploitation" for his portrayal of fictional atrocities during The Holocaust . Around six million Jews were killed across Nazi-occupied Europe, in the period of 1941-45.

to kill are forced Into a scene, the inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp, each other, while they are used in a game of human chess.

Mr Because of their said mother was a Holocaust survivor, while the hunter was inspired "by true events", it was a documentary series and never allegedly.

he said he decided to fictionalise events in the series, not to distort it because he wanted to, The Suffering of Real People .

"After All , it is true that The Nazis perpetrated widespread and extreme acts of sadism and torture, and even incidents that the cruel "games" against their victims. I just didn't want to show this specific, real acts of trauma," Mr. Weil said.

"If it is the larger philosophical question of, can we always tell stories about The Holocaust , not a documentary? I think we can and should. "

Auschwitz memorial, a charity, which claims the former concentration camp as a historic site, accused the makers of "the invention is a fake-game of human chess" in an act of "dangerous stupidity".

Karen Pollock, chief executive of The Holocaust Educational Trust, told the BBC, such a representation risks stoking the denial of The Holocaust , and gave a tone of "frivolous entertainment" on the program.

"We have a great responsibility to protect The Truth of The Holocaust ," said Ms. Köhler, "especially as we moved away from the history of life, The Survivors are few, and always more delicate. "

"We can not do this alone," she added. "We have to rely on other people in the society want to do good. "

About 1. 1 million people, most of them Jews, were murdered in Auschwitz .

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Amazon has recently come Under Fire for selling anti-Semitic books, including The Jewish question in the class of the Nazi propagandist Julius Streicher .

On Friday, the Auschwitz Memorial retweeted have a letter, to remove written by The Holocaust Educational Trust, ask, Amazon, books by Andreas Streicher from the sale.

"If you decide to make a profit on the sale of vicious anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda, published without any critical comment or context, you must not remember, was that these words only the #Holocaust, but also many other hate crimes," it said.

"As booksellers, we are mindful of the book-censorship in the entire history, and we are not to take them lightly," Amazon said in response. She added that it invested in was "a lot of time and resources" in ensuring the products on sale will meet its guidelines.

In December, according to complaints filed by the Auschwitz memorial site, Amazon, several elements of your site attracted, including Christmas decorations representation of Auschwitz .

Source of news: bbc.com