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Sat 12 Dec 2009'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign stolen from Auschwitz
POLISH PRESIDENT Lech Kaczynski has dubbed “insane” the thieves who stole the infamous “Arbeit Macht Frei” (work makes you free) sign over the entrance to the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
Between 3am and 5.30am yesterday, thieves unscrewed the three-metre-wide iron sign manufactured by camp prisoners in 1941. “It looks as though it had been a premeditated theft as someone had to enter the premises presumably dragging a ladder along and undo screws – not an easy task in severe weather conditions,” said investigating police officer Dariusz Nowak. He dismissed suggestions it was stolen for scrap and declined to comment on speculation that the sign was targeted by neo-Nazis.
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