'Arbeit macht frei' sign returns to Dachau

An iron gate with the infamous slogan “Arbeit macht frei” (“Work will set you free”), stolen from the former Nazi concentration camp of Dachau in Germany two years ago, was returned to the site Wednesday.

The theft of the 100-kilo (220-pound) gate was reported in November 2014, sparking uproar, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel calling the crime “appalling.”

It was recovered outside Bergen in southwestern Norway last December following an anonymous tip-off.

At a ceremony marking the return of the gate, the president of the International Dachau Committee, Jean-Michel Thomas, urged investigators to press on with the probe into the theft.

— AFP