Former Neo-Nazi Jailed for Auschwitz Theft

A Polish court sentenced Anders Hoegstroem, a 34-year-old Swede to a two-year, eight-month prison term for his role in the theft of the "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work Sets You Free") sign at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Two co-conspirators were also given prison sentences by the court. It is thought a fourth suspect remains at large.

The sign, which the thieves had cut into three pieces and hidden in a Polish forest, was recovered three days after it was stolen.

Mr. Hoegstroem's dossier includes time as a leader of the neo-Nazi movement in Sweden, although he later dropped out of the movement. The Associated Press story published in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz offers the most detail.