two belgians acquitted in poland of auschwitz theft
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today
Arab Today, arab today
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

Two Belgians acquitted in Poland of Auschwitz theft

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today Two Belgians acquitted in Poland of Auschwitz theft

Several people have tried to make off with barbed wire at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp.
Warsaw - Arab Today

A Polish court on Friday acquitted two Belgian citizens who had been accused of stealing parts of an electric fence from the former Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp, local media reported.

All objects in the former Nazi death camp, including its electric fence, are the property of the state museum at the site in Oswiecim, southern Poland, that is on UNESCO's protected World Heritage list.

Identified only as 51-year-old Yann P.B. and William H., who is 48, the two men were detained in July 2016 with three porcelain electrical isolators in an area adjacent to the camp grounds.

The men testified that they came across the half-buried isolators as they were taking photographs along the fence perimeter outside the camp, Poland's PAP news agency reported.

The Krakow court said it had found no evidence that the men had intended to act illegally.

It also said that although the electrical isolators had "significant historic value" this did not necessarily mean they enjoy legal protection as objects that have "special importance for culture", the PAP said.

Prior to the trial, Polish prosecutors had said that the men had risked up to a decade behind bars if found guilty of stealing the parts from the former death camp.

Several people have tried to make off with barbed wire while one particularly brazen gang walked out with the camp's infamous "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work makes you free") sign in 2009, sparking a global outcry.

The mastermind of that theft, a Swedish neo-Nazi, was jailed for two-and-a-half years.

Auschwitz-Birkenau has become a symbol of Nazi Germany's genocide of European Jews, one million of whom were killed at the camp from 1940 to 1945.

More than 100,000 others including non-Jewish Poles, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war and anti-Nazi resistance fighters also died there, according to the museum.

An estimated 232,000 of Auschwitz's victims were children.

Source: AFP

 

arabstoday
arabstoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

two belgians acquitted in poland of auschwitz theft two belgians acquitted in poland of auschwitz theft

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

two belgians acquitted in poland of auschwitz theft two belgians acquitted in poland of auschwitz theft

 



GMT 06:41 2017 Tuesday ,12 December

'The Shape of Water' leads Golden Globes nominations

GMT 18:57 2016 Friday ,04 November

Historic climate pact enters into force

GMT 15:49 2017 Monday ,27 March

Moroccan Economy to Improve in 2017

GMT 17:30 2017 Saturday ,18 March

Erdogan hits out at Dutch over Srebrenica massacre

GMT 16:40 2012 Wednesday ,16 May

Egyptian actors morph into characters

GMT 23:39 2017 Tuesday ,21 November

Mohamed bin Zayed receives artists participating

GMT 15:28 2017 Monday ,10 April

Bangladesh militants to be hanged soon

GMT 20:40 2017 Tuesday ,11 April

Gunmen storm house of Libyan CB governor

GMT 12:38 2017 Wednesday ,15 November

Bill Gates giving $50 million for Alzheimer's research

GMT 06:03 2015 Thursday ,13 August

NBCUniversal pumps $200m into Vox Media

GMT 08:43 2017 Wednesday ,27 December

Minister discusses electricity, water services with MP

GMT 10:58 2017 Wednesday ,08 November

Al-Azhar's imam meets pope, vows to fight terrorism

GMT 23:43 2017 Wednesday ,04 October

UN: Half a million Rohingya arrive in Bangladesh

GMT 04:40 2017 Thursday ,19 January

Masdar signs agreement with two Qatari power companies

GMT 06:09 2016 Wednesday ,28 September

Households' cash surplus in S.Korea drops on home purchase
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday