AN APPRENTICE candidate sparked fury after Nazi memorabilia was sold on his online marketplace.
Gregory Ebbs’s site was slated by Jewish groups.
They accused it of “facilitating the sale of artefacts synonymous with death” to “sick collectors”.
On the day the BBC1 series returned, a German officer’s dress dagger sold for £725 on Shropshire-based Ebbs’s Raven Yard Antiques marketplace.
It dates back to before the war when Hitler was Germany’s chancellor and features a Swastika — the symbol of the Nazi party.
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It was uploaded by a seller called Mcdermott and sold on January 5.
The Campaign Against Anti-semitism said it was wrong to profit from such a sale.
The Board of Deputies of British Jews said it would distress the relatives of Holocaust victims.
The site is an “eBay for antiques” — where users can sell items.
Ebbs, 25, has said his antiques knowledge would help in the boardroom of Lord Sugar — who is himself Jewish.
Last night Ebbs told The Sun: “I in no way condone or wish to be looking to be celebrating this abhorrent and shameful part of history and I apologise for any offence caused.
"My online business is an antiques marketplace where independent sellers have a platform to sell a wide range of antiques, memorabilia & militaria from many different periods of history. The item in question was sold by a third party vendor.
"This type of memorabilia is not something I would personally sell or stock. The website is relatively new and I will be looking to implement stricter vetting procedures for third party vendors.”
