I have very great difficulty describing my reaction to the theft of the infamous sign above the entrance to the Auschwitz death camp.  It is astonishing that anyone would contemplate such a theft.  One assumes it may be an act of a person or people who somehow wish to strike a blow to the memory of the millions who died in that and other death camps created by the Nazis.

Having visited the site myself, I cannot relay the feeling I experienced as I saw that gateway for the first time.  That sign summarised everything that was behind the murderous treachery of the evil people who masterminded that place of torture, death and depravity.  Whoever is responsible for this disgusting act, I hope they will see sense however belatedly and return it immediately.