Krakow, Poland – A Polish court has sentenced a Swedish man to two years and eight months in prison for instigating the theft last year of the notorious “Arbeit Macht Frei” (“Work Sets You Free”) sign from the former Auschwitz death camp.
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Rafal Lisak, a spokesman for the regional court in the southern city of Krakow, said a judge decided Thursday to approve a settlement that Anders Hogstrom reached with Polish prosecutors. Hogstrom, who had confessed to involvement in the theft in December 2009, was convicted of instigating it.
Lisak said Hogstrom would be transferred to Sweden in the coming weeks to serve his term.
Judge Jaroslaw Gaberle also approved plea deals for two Polish men. They were convicted of involvement in stealing the sign and given sentences of up to 2 1/2 years.
they should post a simaliar sign on his jail cell
HOGstrom. How apropos.
These guys will be out in a year or less with time served plus good time. The punishment does not fit the crime.