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Sunday, July 15, 2018
Tourists charged with stealing bricks from Auschwitz memorial
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleWARSAW, Poland — Two Hungarian tourists admit to trying to steal bricks from the ruins of a crematorium at the site of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, according to police.
The 30-year-old woman and 36-year-old man were caught on Saturday when another pair of foreign tourists saw them stuffing the bricks into a bag and notified security.
“The man and woman were charged with theft of a cultural asset. They both admitted to wrongdoing,” said regional police press officer Mateusz Drwal.
“They explained that they had wanted to bring back a souvenir and didn’t realize the consequences of their actions,” he told the Polish news agency PAP.
The Hungarian tourists were each fined 1,500 zloty ($400) and handed a suspended sentence of one year in jail.
— AFP
The Times of Israel Community.