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Theft of Auschwitz Sign Part of Plan to Fund Violent, Political Attacks in Sweden

December 24, 2009 — “The Nazi gang that ordered the theft of the infamous ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ sign from the gates of Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland planned to sell it to fund violent attacks against the Swedish Prime Minister and Parliament, it was claimed today,” report Marcus Oscarsson and Jenny Booth in The Times (UK). 

“A spokesman for the Swedish security police confirmed that the authorities were taking seriously a threat by a militant Nazi group to disrupt national elections next year.”  Continue reading… 

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