Why was a state of emergency declared in Poland today?”
Warsaw, Poland – A state of emergency was announced in Poland today involving tightened border controls and random police checks as a nationwide hunt was launched for the infamous bronze sign to the former German Nazi death camp Auschwitz after it was stolen. Advertisement: The discovery on Friday morning that the sign had been wrenched from the top of the entrance gate posts, (as was reported here on VIN News), prompted international reactions of outrage from Washington to London and urgent calls for its return. Scores of Polish police were put on the case to investigate the whereabouts of the sign. Border patrol police were told to be on the lookout for the 5m-long heavy cast-iron plaque that had spanned the entrance gate, over fears that there might have been plans to take it out of the country. The news of the sign’s disappearance triggered impassioned calls for its return. Shimon Peres, president of Israel, discussed the theft with Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, in Copenhag
Warsaw, Poland – A state of emergency was announced in Poland today involving tightened border controls and random police checks as a nationwide hunt was launched for the infamous bronze sign to the former German Nazi death camp Auschwitz after it was stolen. Advertisement: The discovery on Friday morning that the sign had been wrenched from the top of the entrance gate posts, (as was reported here on VIN News), prompted international reactions of outrage from Washington to London and urgent calls for its return. Katarzyna Padlo, spokeswoman for police in Oswieczim, (the Polish name for Auschwitz) in south-eastern Poland, said: “We believe the sign was stolen between 3.30am and 5am when museum guards first noticed it was missing and called the police.” Scores of Polish police were put on the case to investigate the whereabouts of the sign. Border patrol police were told to be on the lookout for the 5m-long heavy cast-iron plaque that had spanned the entrance gate, over fears that there
