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Saturday, January 9, 2010

Sign theft suspect speaks out

A Swede who admitted taking part in planning the theft of the infamous Nazi German "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from Auschwitz spoke out in the Swedish media on Friday, appearing with his name and photograph.

Anders Hoegstroem, 34, a former Swedish neo-Nazi, said he was supposed to act as an intermediary to pick up the sign and sell it to a buyer, but in the end he wound up informing Polish police about the people behind the plot.

"I was asked if I wanted to take the sign from one location to another," he told tabloid Aftonbladet.

Read more:http://www.news24.com/Content/World/News/1073/ab50ced600d94d5eb50ef0b0ad784b78/08-01-2010-09-04/Sign_theft_suspect_speaks_out