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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Stolen Auschwitz sign to return to museum

A Polish official says the famous Nazi sign stolen from the former Auschwitz death camp is being returned to the museum there a month after its theft and swift recovery.

Auschwitz spokesman Pawel Sawicki said police will hand over the badly damaged "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign to the Auschwitz museum on Thursday. Conservation experts will then determine how best to repair it.

Read more:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/21/AR2010012100830.html