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| The infamous Arbeit Macht Frei sign at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Poland - stolen last month and quickly recovered - has been returned. | The infamous Arbeit Macht Frei sign at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Poland - stolen last month and quickly recovered - has been returned. |
| Police handed the damaged wrought iron sign to officials at the camp's museum and they will now try to restore it. | Police handed the damaged wrought iron sign to officials at the camp's museum and they will now try to restore it. |
| The museum said it was not yet clear if the sign, which thieves cut into three pieces, will be put back in place. | The museum said it was not yet clear if the sign, which thieves cut into three pieces, will be put back in place. |
| Five Polish men have been charged over the theft, and prosecutors are also pursuing a suspected Swedish neo-Nazi. | Five Polish men have been charged over the theft, and prosecutors are also pursuing a suspected Swedish neo-Nazi. |
| The museum placed a copy of the sign - which means "Work sets you free" - over the gate immediately after the theft. | The museum placed a copy of the sign - which means "Work sets you free" - over the gate immediately after the theft. |
| 'Profaned' | 'Profaned' |
| The repairs mean the original will not be back in place for ceremonies on 27 January marking the 65th anniversary of the camp's liberation by Soviet troops. | |
| HISTORY OF AUSCHWITZ SIGN Made by Polish political prisoners in 1940Letter 'B' may have been put upside-down as act of defianceLocals say Red Army liberators were bribed to leave it in Poland Viewpoint: Why sign is irreplaceable Sign of the crimes Audio-slideshow: Auschwitz decay | HISTORY OF AUSCHWITZ SIGN Made by Polish political prisoners in 1940Letter 'B' may have been put upside-down as act of defianceLocals say Red Army liberators were bribed to leave it in Poland Viewpoint: Why sign is irreplaceable Sign of the crimes Audio-slideshow: Auschwitz decay |
| "We are very relieved that this profaned and vandalised sign will return to its place," Jaroslaw Mensfelt, a spokesman for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, told Reuters news agency. | "We are very relieved that this profaned and vandalised sign will return to its place," Jaroslaw Mensfelt, a spokesman for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, told Reuters news agency. |
| "But as to the question of whether it will return to the gate or not, this will be decided by a number of criteria." | "But as to the question of whether it will return to the gate or not, this will be decided by a number of criteria." |
| The museum said its management would decide, along with the International Auschwitz Committee, whether to put the sign back above the gate. | The museum said its management would decide, along with the International Auschwitz Committee, whether to put the sign back above the gate. |
| The five-metre (16-ft) sign was recovered in northern Poland two days after it was stolen from the camp on 18 December. | The five-metre (16-ft) sign was recovered in northern Poland two days after it was stolen from the camp on 18 December. |
| Made by prisoners under German orders, it remains an enduring symbol of the Holocaust. | Made by prisoners under German orders, it remains an enduring symbol of the Holocaust. |
| More than a million people - 90% of them Jews - were murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz during World War II. | More than a million people - 90% of them Jews - were murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz during World War II. |