The infamous sign at Aushwitz has been stolen
The infamous iron sign over the gate to the Auschwitz memorial site with the cynical phrase "Arbeit Macht Frei" - German for "Work Sets You Free" - has been stolen.
Police spokeswoman Katarzyna Padlo said museum guards noticed that it was missing and alerted police.
Ms Padlo said the iron sign, which spanned a gate at the main entrance to the former Nazi death camp in southern Poland, was removed by being unscrewed on one side and pulled off on the other.
She said police have launched an intensive search for the thieves.
Words fail me
The infamous iron sign over the gate to the Auschwitz memorial site with the cynical phrase "Arbeit Macht Frei" - German for "Work Sets You Free" - has been stolen.
Police spokeswoman Katarzyna Padlo said museum guards noticed that it was missing and alerted police.
Ms Padlo said the iron sign, which spanned a gate at the main entrance to the former Nazi death camp in southern Poland, was removed by being unscrewed on one side and pulled off on the other.
She said police have launched an intensive search for the thieves.
Words fail me
