'Anne Frank' children's costume sparks controversy

Several sites have ceased selling the outfit, while others continue to market it as a "World War Two evacuee girl".

The costume — a green beret, blue dress and brown satchel — has been criticised on social media for being insensitive.

Anne Frank's famous diary tells of her life as a German Jew in hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam in World War Two.

Its account of the two years her family spent living in a secret annexe of her father's business premises have made her a household name around the world, and she has come to symbolise courage, optimism and determination.

The Franks were eventually betrayed, arrested and transported to the Auschwitz camp in occupied Poland.