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The gate at the entrance to the Auschwitz death camp - Source: Reuters -
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Five men detained over the theft of the metal sign that hung over the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz acted from financial motives and were not members of a neo-Nazi group, Polish police said.
The theft, which occurred last Saturday, triggered worldwide condemnation, especially from Israel and Jewish groups. Polish authorities made the recovery of the sign, which reads "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work makes you free"), a top priority.
"We can say that none of the five are members of a neo-Nazi group ... Their intent was undoubtedly robbery-related. We will be able to decide later whether the crime was ordered or whether they acted on their own initiative," Andrzej Rokita, district police chief in the city of Krakow, told a news conference.
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