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Auschwitz sign returned to museum

Thu, Jan 21 2010 18:08 CET

byAnna Spysz (The Krakow Post)

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Auschwitz sign returned to museum

 
Photo: Irek Dorozanski

Upon seeing the giant pipes of twisted metal of the recovered Auschwitz sign up close, it takes effort to remember that actual human beings caused its damage.

The letter "T" in "Arbreit" warped as if by a supernatural force, the edges of the three pieces jagged as if a giant's arms had torn them apart in one quick burst of strength, tubes of metal arched unnaturally in opposite directions.

Such was the impression on the afternoon of January 21 2010 at the Voivodship police headquarter in Krakow when authorities from the Krakow police brought out the pieces of the sign and laid them out for reporters to see.

This was all part of a small ceremony, in which the police officially returned the sign to the Auschwitz Museum for the first time after the December 18 theft of the sign. 

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