Monday 21 December 2009

Police in Poland find sign stolen from Auschwitz gate


The "Arbeit macht frei" sign stolen from Auschwitz in southern Poland has been found in the north and five men have been arrested, police say.
They said the metal sign from the main gate, which symbolises for many the atrocities of Nazi Germany, had been cut into three pieces.
A major search was launched after the sign was stolen before dawn on Friday.
Its theft, the motive for which was not being reported, caused outrage in Israel and among Polish politicians.
Five men in their 20s or 30s were detained and were being taken to Krakow for questioning, a police spokeswoman said...

4 comments:

  1. hi, i just met ur blog by chance; it's so interesting !

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  2. 2pedram/
    Thank you *blush*
    Regards/

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  3. Can you imagine some skinhead nazi drop kick with that sign above his bar.
    hope they catch em, sounds unlikely however

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  4. 2Bob/
    There was rumours that it was on it's way to Sweden. There has always been a bunch of nazis there. Remember back in the old days that various punk bands used to have trouble there!
    Regards/

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