Felix Krull
26.06.2011, 15:38
Israelis confess to Auschwitz memorial theft
Sat Jun 25 2011
WARSAW, Poland – An Israeli couple has confessed to stealing objects from the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp memorial and have settled for a suspended prison term and a fine, officials said Saturday.
The couple were detained at Krakow airport on their way to Israel on Friday after border guards found a few old items, including knives, scissors and spoons inside a plastic bag in their luggage, memorial spokesman Bartosz Bartyzel told The Associated Press.
The 60-year-old man and 57-year-old woman, whose names have not been released, said they took the items from the memorial site, officials said. Police took them back there and the couple indicated a place in Birkenau where, during World War II, belongings robbed off the death camp victims were stored, the chief spokesman for the memorial, Jaroslaw Mensfelt, told the AP.
"We can safely assume that the objects they stole where original, from that time," Mensfelt said.
Prosecutor Mariusz Slomka told Polish media that the couple confessed to stealing the objects, that have historic value, and settled for a suspended prison term and a fine, which Slomka did not specify. The couple are free to return to Israel, Slomka said.
Mensfelt said that last month a 51-year-old French tourist was detained at Krakow airport with barbed wire from a fence surrounding the memorial in his luggage. He was released because the wire was contemporary. [..]
Quelle (http://referer.us/news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110625/ap_on_re_eu/eu_poland_auschwitz_theft)
Was wollten die mit dem Krempel? Als Kultgegenstände an Sammler verscherbeln?
Sat Jun 25 2011
WARSAW, Poland – An Israeli couple has confessed to stealing objects from the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp memorial and have settled for a suspended prison term and a fine, officials said Saturday.
The couple were detained at Krakow airport on their way to Israel on Friday after border guards found a few old items, including knives, scissors and spoons inside a plastic bag in their luggage, memorial spokesman Bartosz Bartyzel told The Associated Press.
The 60-year-old man and 57-year-old woman, whose names have not been released, said they took the items from the memorial site, officials said. Police took them back there and the couple indicated a place in Birkenau where, during World War II, belongings robbed off the death camp victims were stored, the chief spokesman for the memorial, Jaroslaw Mensfelt, told the AP.
"We can safely assume that the objects they stole where original, from that time," Mensfelt said.
Prosecutor Mariusz Slomka told Polish media that the couple confessed to stealing the objects, that have historic value, and settled for a suspended prison term and a fine, which Slomka did not specify. The couple are free to return to Israel, Slomka said.
Mensfelt said that last month a 51-year-old French tourist was detained at Krakow airport with barbed wire from a fence surrounding the memorial in his luggage. He was released because the wire was contemporary. [..]
Quelle (http://referer.us/news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110625/ap_on_re_eu/eu_poland_auschwitz_theft)
Was wollten die mit dem Krempel? Als Kultgegenstände an Sammler verscherbeln?