--- description: Clothing retailer removed a baby shirt from its online stores after users noted its resemblance to a concentration camp uniform. title: Zara Yanks Baby Shirt for Resemblance to Concentration Camp Uniform image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Retail](/tag/retail/) ## Retail Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Zara Yanks Baby Shirt Likened to Concentration Camp Uniform  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 27, 2014 1:00 PM CUT  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 27, 2014 1:00 PM CUT Clothing retailer Zara hastily removed a baby shirt from its online stores Wednesday after social media users noted its resemblance to a concentration camp uniform. The shirt has thin black and white stripes and a yellow star sewn on the front. The company described the design as “sheriff” themed, but the word “sheriff” was barely legible within the star, and to many outraged critics on social media the shirt was far more evocative of one of the darkest chapters of World War II history. Zara removed the shirt from its site on Wednesday, according to the Israeli blogger for 972 Magazine who first [broke](http://972mag.com/zara-presents-a-striped-pyjama-with-a-yellow-star-for-your-child/96058/ "undefined") the story, and its Israeli office issued an [apology](http://tech.walla.co.il/?w=%2F4026%2F2780057&m=1 "undefined") to any customers who might have been offended. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3190975/zara-baby-shirt-concentration-camp/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3190975/zara-baby-shirt-concentration-camp/"},"headline":"Zara Yanks Baby Shirt Likened to Concentration Camp Uniform","datePublished":"2014-08-27T13:00:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:52:31.552Z","description":"Now that's a fashion faux pas","url":"https://time.com/3190975/zara-baby-shirt-concentration-camp/","keywords":["Retail","Holocaust","WWII"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/retail/","name":"Retail"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3190975/zara-baby-shirt-concentration-camp/","name":"Zara Yanks Baby Shirt Likened to Concentration Camp Uniform"}}]}] ```