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    Posted: December 18 2009 at 03:17
Probably the most unexplained theft I've heard of:

Auschwitz sign stolen

Mind you, I guess there are those who'd pay a lot for something as infamous as this little item.

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Points: 3144 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2009 at 04:31
Neo-nazis, maybe?
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Points: 19643 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2009 at 04:46
Originally posted by Blowin Free Blowin Free wrote:

Neo-nazis, maybe?

Quote "It had to be planned - it's obvious it wasn't someone who just came along to do it," Auschwitz official Pawel Sawicki told the BBC.

A definite possibility

F*ck, I really hope it wasn't. Whoever stole it will get what's coming to them though.

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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2009 at 05:09
Strange - stolen to order???

Bizarre, very bizarre

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Points: 2815 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2009 at 06:06
Maybe it was an Area fan.
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Points: 11415 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2009 at 07:08
I'm amazed that anyone's surprised at the 'taboo brownie points' of said item. Where have you been the last 30 years ? Rock is littered with the boyish blasphemies of those who flirt with fascist iconography: e.g Throbbing Gristle used it as the logo for a record label. Joy Division were named after jewish female prisoners used as concubines by Nazi officers, Siouxsie Sioux wore a swastika armband (the list goes on)
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Points: 4659 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2009 at 09:18
Several years ago when I was in the Marine Corps I was stationed on a Naval base for a couple years.  There was a new housing addition constructed and one of the streets was named "Seaman Trail" Confused(keep in mind this was a Naval base) .  That sign was stolen several times before the base commander decided to rename it "Orion Circle".
 
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Well, back in the nineties one of Hitler's Mercedes Benzes that had been on display in the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa for decades and was offered for sale because it was not considered to be  appropriate for the collection and to raise money for the acquisition of other more appropriate artifacts. Within a few days the offer was withdrawn because of fears that the neo-nazis would get their paws on it and turn it into some sort of shrine. It remained on display but I'm not sure whether or not it's still being displayed in the new building. 
This recent theft either  shows that either the nazi legacy lives on or it's just some one's idea of a joke. 

Why someone would want this beats the crap out of me. 
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