Swede ordered Auschwitz theft
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January 7, 2010, Thursday
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A SWEDISH citizen suspected of ordering the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz memorial met with Poles who carried out the crime, a prosecutor said yesterday.
Krakow prosecutor Artur Wrona said officials have evidence that the Swedish suspect visited the Polish site with two Poles last spring, probably in March. The Swede told the pair that he wanted them to steal the infamous sign, which means "Work Sets You Free" in German. It is one of the world's iconic symbols of Nazi Germany's atrocities during World War II and the Holocaust.
Wrona said prosecutors don't know what could have motivated the Swedish suspect but that media speculation that the person is a neo-Nazi has not been confirmed.
Prosecutors have said the two Poles told police they removed the sign on December 18, aided by three others who also have confessed. All five Poles remain in detention in Krakow, 80 kilometers from the Auschwitz museum.
Wrona did not identify the Swedish suspect, but said that officials in Stockholm have been asked to confirm his identity and that of another Swedish citizen suspected of providing the thieves with a getaway car.
Krakow prosecutor Artur Wrona said officials have evidence that the Swedish suspect visited the Polish site with two Poles last spring, probably in March. The Swede told the pair that he wanted them to steal the infamous sign, which means "Work Sets You Free" in German. It is one of the world's iconic symbols of Nazi Germany's atrocities during World War II and the Holocaust.
Wrona said prosecutors don't know what could have motivated the Swedish suspect but that media speculation that the person is a neo-Nazi has not been confirmed.
Prosecutors have said the two Poles told police they removed the sign on December 18, aided by three others who also have confessed. All five Poles remain in detention in Krakow, 80 kilometers from the Auschwitz museum.
Wrona did not identify the Swedish suspect, but said that officials in Stockholm have been asked to confirm his identity and that of another Swedish citizen suspected of providing the thieves with a getaway car.
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