Allowed

• Items related to natural disasters or human tragedies that have substantial social, artistic or political value, such as:

  - Newspaper clippings

  - Documentaries

  - Books on the tragedy or disaster

  - Photos of the devastation of a tragedy or disaster

  - Commemorative photos, paintings, or works of art

• Charity websites or charity listings set up to benefit the victims of a disaster or tragic event

Not allowed

Listings that graphically portray, glorify, or attempt to profit from human tragedy or suffering, including but not limited to:

• Items taken from crime scenes that could be evidence in an investigation

• IItems that are insensitive to victims of natural disasters or human tragedies

Allowed

• News and magazine articles about hate organisations

Not allowed

Some examples include, but are not limited to:

• Items promoting or commemorating groups with views of hatred, violence, racial, religious, or sexual intolerance (such as the Aryan Brotherhood and Neo-Nazi groups)

• Photos that depict violence (murder, beatings)

• Newsletters, pamphlets, recruiting materials, or flyers from hate organisations

Allowed

• Serial killer items over 100 years old (for example, Jack the Ripper)

• Books and documentaries about serial killers

• True crime books and magazines

• Books written about violent crimes

• Hollywood-style movies about killers or with violent subject matter

Not allowed

• Personal belongings of anyone convicted of a violent felony or any work (such as a book) from which they might profit

• Letters or artwork created by serial killers or violent criminals

• Novelty items related to serial killers

• Items glorifying serial killers or persons convicted of a violent felony

• Items from notorious crime scenes

• Original “If I Did It” by O.J. Simpson

• Items promoting violence against an individual, including convicted criminals

Allowed

• Stamps, letters, and envelopes displaying Nazi postmarks

• Currency issued by the Nazi government

• Items that have a swastika that are not related to Nazi Germany (such as good luck charms, Native American blankets, Buddhist sculptures)

Restricted

These items can't be shipped to Germany, France, or other countries that prohibit Nazi-related materials:

• Non-propaganda German films made before 1945

• Documentary films about Nazis, World War II, or the historical significance of that time period in world history

• Hollywood-style films with Nazi subject matter

• Eva Braun’s home movies

• "Mein Kampf" and Hitler’s Second Book

• Books with swastikas on the cover (must have been published outside of Germany if published between 1933-1945)

• “What if?” type books that discuss what would have happened if battles or the war had ended differently

• Non-propaganda books

• Models of World War II German military vehicles without swastikas

• Action figures in World War II German uniforms

• Reproductions of World War II German uniforms and equipment that do not have Nazi symbols

• Jewish identification (armbands, Star of David)

• Nazi issued documents (passports, travel papers)

• Anti-Nazi items (such as the Hitler pin cushion)

Not allowed

Items not permitted to be listed include, but are not limited to:

• These films:

  - Jud Süß

  - Der ewige Jude (The Eternal Jew)

  - Triuph des Willens (Triumph of the Will)

  - Die Ausschwitzlüge und Ihre Folgen Videofilm (Kritik Verlag) (The Auschwitz Lie and Its Consequences)

  - Die Folgen der Ausschwitzlüge für Ernst Zündel (Kritik Verlag) (The Consequences of the Auschwitz Lie for Ernst Zundel)

  - Wochenschau unkommentiert

  - Triologie - Gestern und heute (1938)

  - Adolf Hilter Videofilm (Kritik Verlag)

  - Lüge wo bleibt dein Sieg (Kritik Verlag)

  - (Lies, where is the victory)

  - Zeugen wider der Gaskammer (Kritik Verlag)

  - (Witnesses of the Gas Chamber/Witness against the Gas Chamber)

• Any film identified as Nazi propaganda

• Music or films that promote hatred and racial supremacy

• Books by these Nazi authors:

  - Alfred Rosenberg

  - Baldur von Schirach

  - Hermann Göring (Goering)

  - Dr. Joseph Goebbels

  - Hans Zoberlein

• Holocaust denial books

• The following bands and types of music:

  - Nazi marching music

  - Absurd

  - Frank Rennicke

  - Hilter’s Inferno Songs

  - Ian Stuart (Donaldson)
  - Kraftschlag

  - Konkwista 88

  - Landser

  - Nordic Thunder

  - Paul Burnley and the Forth Reich

  - Skrewdriver

  - Storkraft

  - Sturmwehr

  - Zillertaler turkenjager

• Any items that were owned by or affiliated with the following Nazi leaders:

  - Martin Bormann

  - Joseph Goebbels

  - Hermann Göring (Goering)

  - Rudolf Heß (Hess)

  - Reinhard Heydrich

  - Heinrich Himmler

  - Adolf Hitler

  - Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel

  - Alfred Rosenberg

  - Julius Streicher

• Propaganda postcards with images of Nazi leaders or pro-Nazi text

• 1936 Olympic medals

• Uniforms, uniform components, weapons, or other items that bear the Nazi swastika or SS runes whether visible or covered

• De-Nazi-fied items (items that originally had a swastika or SS runes that have been removed)

• Listings where images are edited or cropped to try and hide Nazi markings or insignia

Allowed

• Items of historical importance associated with acts of violence against public figures

• War documentaries or documentary photos portraying victims of war or violence

• Hollywood-style horror movies, even if they have graphic, violent subject matter

• Commercially released Hooligan videos such as “Green Street” and “Football Factory”

Not allowed

Items not permitted to be listed include, but are not limited to:

• Any item that glorifies or promotes violence towards animals or humans

• Any video showing hostages being executed

• Any video of convicted criminals being executed

• Electric chairs and related capital punishment items

• Explicit crime scene or morgue photographs or videos

• Items encouraging violence toward a specific person or group

• Torture devices

• Items related to terrorist organizations

• Offensive films and genres, including but not limited to:

  - Bum fights

  - Bum hunts

  - Criminals Gone Wild

  - Executions

  - Faces of Death

  - Hooligan videos

  - Necromantik

  - Snuff films

• Any item that glorifies or promotes violence towards animals or humans

• Snuff films

• Items related to terrorist organizations

Not allowed

• In light of strict criminal provisions in the UK and Ireland, eBay listings may not include items that imply or promote support, or membership in, or funding of any prohibited groups.

• Memorabilia items (such as t-shirts pins, badges, postcards, flags, etc) of the following organisations that are less than 40 years old:

  - IRA - Irish Republican Army

  - RIRA - Real IRA

  - CIRA - Continuity IRA

  - PIRA - Provisional IRA

  - INLA - Irish National Liberation Army

  - UVF - Ulster Volunteer Force

  - UDA - Ulster Defence Association

  - UFF - Ulster Freedom Fighters

  - LVF - Loyalist Volunteer Force

Restricted

• Art and media listings (such as books and music) where the offensive word or phrase is part of the title of the work.

• The term Negro is okay unless it's used in a derogatory or offensive way.

• The term Golliwog used to describe an item is okay unless it is used in a derogatory or offensive way.

• Images of items that contain offensive terms can be listed if it is part of the actual name of the item but the term cannot be in the title or description of the listing.

Not allowed

• Racial slurs, including but not limited to:

  - nigger, coon

  - jap, chink, gook

  - kike

• Ghettopoly, the game and its variations

• Anti-Semitic content within the item description

• Items promoting racial or ethnic intolerance

• Items marketed inappropriately with an intolerant regard toward religion, sexual orientation, race, or ethnic background