Tuesday, June 23, 2015

UK Teens Accused of Auschwitz Holocaust Theft; Two Boys Held by Police, Face 10 Years in Prison

Polish police said today (June 23, 2015) that two British teenage boys were caught stealing precious historic artifacts at the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps, according to the Jewish Press website.

The two 17-year-olds were detained yesterday by police on suspicion of stealing belongings of prisoners who were inmates of the camps during the Holocaust in World War II. If found guilty, they could face up to 10 years in prison.

They were spotted yesterday afternoon lurking near a building where German Nazi guards used to store belongings confiscated from the prisoners in the camps, said a spokesperson for the museum at the site.

Both boys are students at the Perse School of Cambridge, England and were participating in a school history trip at the time of the incident, according to a statement by the school.

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