Auschwitz death camp sign stolen

 » By maddona | the 12-18-2009 at 09:05 | 43 views (21 unique) | 1 comment | Report post!

The infamous Arbeit Macht Frei sign at the entrance to the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Poland has been stolen. It is the first time the sign has been stolen in the camp's history.
The sign was taken from above the gate overnight. Police are looking for the culprits.
The missing sign, which is occasionally removed by officials for conservation work, has been replaced by a replica. During the Holocaust, hundreds and thousands of prisoners passed under the sign, whose words mean "Work Sets You Free", but the vast majority were murdered or worked to death.


It is the first time the sign, made by prisoners, has been stolen since it was erected in the early 1940s. More than a million people - 90% of them Jews - were murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz during World War II.



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Nothing2Say
Nothing2Say
the 12-18-2009 at 10:08
Its probably worth a few bob.

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