31.12.2010                     24.Tevet, 5771

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Swede sentenced to prison for Auschwitz sign theft

Polish court sentences Swedish former neo-Nazi to two years and eight months in jail after he confessed to stealing infamous 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign.

A Swedish man was sentenced Thursday to two years and eight months in prison for instigating the theft a year ago of the notorious "Arbeit Macht Frei" ("Work Sets You Free") sign from the former Auschwitz death camp.
A judge at a regional court in the southern Polish city of Krakow approved a settlement that Anders Hogstrom, 35, had reached with prosecutors, court spokesman Rafal Lisak said….