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Report: Auschwitz sign was on way to Sweden
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Published: 22.12.09, 14:05
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1. Sweden's new Slogans....
eddie ,   london UK   (12.22.09)
First they accuse Israel of harvesting palestinian organs (new blood libel). Then they decide to carve up Jerusalem. Of course, this slogan suits their new anti-semitism.
2. NO WAY.
Atilla Karagözoğlu   (12.22.09)
okay lets create conspiracy theories ! DEAR ATİLLA ! PLEASE READ THE REPORT THAN TALK, MAN ! its no big deal. I figured out all :) *** OKAY, SERIOUS COMMENT IS STARTINGGG NOWWWW :) ---------------------------------------------- I am no suprise at all. SWEDEN STARTED WAR WITH ISRAEL THAN ISRAEL SAID ; "THANK YOU. WE ARE IN TOO." this shows WE WILL SEE A LOT INTERESTING FIGHTS BETWEEN SWEDEN & ISRAEL ! Atilla ! speak to us, man ! what part we should side with ? OF COURSE SWEDENNNNNNNN :) *** that is a joke. I said it is a joke. I ONLY SIDE WHEN PEOPLE TRULY HURT EACH OTHER.
3. Could it be a swedish "journalist"?
Johnny ,   Stockholm Sweden   (12.22.09)
Just a thought.
4. Right on Eddie
Steve ,   Brooklyn,NY   (12.22.09)
I agree 100%!! Eddie I am moving to the UK in 2 months and am so happy to see a sane posting from someone across the pond. I'm hoping for the best as a Zionist and an American Jew. I will however stay the hell out of Sweden!!!
5. Why in the world ...
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (12.22.09)
... would a normal person want a sign like that? Probably has a few interesting lampshades scattered about his or her living room, too. Sweden, eh? How depraved.
6. Too bad it didn't get here. Oh well.
Alex ,   Stockholm-Sweden   (12.22.09)
We could have made better use of it.
7. sweden againe, damn
ghostq   (12.22.09)
first ABBA, than the news paper left winger slander than the warning of Bibi now this, how much wrong that couuntry can do in this world. oh the humanity, swedish people r a tad racists.
8. to #2 so zapping didn't help
ghostq   (12.22.09)
don't worry I am sure there is a cure for what you got.
9. Boycott Swedish watches
Bb ,   Usa   (12.22.09)
Being in the watch business, I have dealt with many swedes who are racist and closed minded. I carry my own brand of watches now, and besides the fact that I'm not supporting a racist country, my profit margings have improved alot.
10. Sweden? Gotcha! Got em with their trousers down.
Janet ,   Baltimore   (12.22.09)
Sweden is sinking deeper and deepr into their frozen wateland. Ever look at a SAAB? Ugliest car I have ever seen!
11. Probably for the door of the foreign ministry
steve from raleigh   (12.22.09)
It was going to the foreign ministry, obviously.
12. #6
Mark ,   Lodz, Poland   (12.22.09)
Thank you for revealing what you are. Now we know who we're dealing with
13. now why does that not suprise me..
(12.22.09)
14. Great Bed-fellows
DT ,   TA Israel   (12.22.09)
Sweden should get together with the UK. They would make wonderful "bed fellows" The latter gives a home for terrorists and their sponsors (and exports a few), the former has proven Nazi sympathies and a hatred for Israel and Jews in general.
15. Dear fellow readers
Andrzej Baryła ,   Warszawa, Polska   (12.22.09)
It was anti-Semitic but also anti-Polish act as the “Arbeit macht frei” sign has been made by Polish prisoner Jan Liwacz who was sent to Auschwitz in one of the first transports. Mr. Liwacz was forced by the Germans to make the Sign in 1940.
16. to #15 we don't blame the polish
ghostq   (12.22.09)
for this one after all it was not polish initiative it was swedish, I know that many polish people died in the camp and would never do that unless someone low life too 5 criminals that don't represent the polish society and encorage them for quick Euro. I also know that the first race theory was made by swidish so call scientist in the year 1922 Hiltler "borowed" among many other things that theory. just wonder what is going to happend now what their excuse will be.
17. #10
(12.22.09)
the sabb just went belly up. kaput. out of commission. suits me just fine. the saab is finished!
18. #15
(12.22.09)
thank you for this information. we didn't know this fact. i weep for all the polish christians that died in that beastly camp. israel
19. to Andrezesj #15
moi ,   ici   (12.22.09)
Interesting, what happened to Jan Liwacz?
20. #10 - Ummm Janet, Saab has been owned by GM for 15 years.
Andy ,   ramat hasharon   (12.22.09)
21. #9, good luck with that. Sweden doesn't make watches!
David ,   Sweden   (12.22.09)
You mean Switzerland, which has got nothing to do with the stolen sign.
22. Hate israel SETS YOU FREE!
AMIR   (12.22.09)
This is sign which should be raisend upond the Obama White House and the EU flag unders Sweeden's presidency
23. Swedish slander?
Mikael ,   Gothenburg   (12.22.09)
It wasnt a good article but it seems it has proven right, but you cant read it in the Israeli news: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/12/2009122161551898444.html
24. swedish pride? + #14
eddie ,   london UK   (12.22.09)
Actually the British are beginning to wake up. And, there is a problem with terrorists in UK, but Israeli governments seem to give mas pardons to them all the time, eg Oslo. Swedes - they don't mind the high number of cases of rapes by immigrants in their country, Since they cannot blame it on the Jews or Israelis, they have to take a different positon instead, eg dictating Israel's borders.
25. About Jan Liwacz
Jerzy ,   Poland & USA   (12.22.09)
The person who made the sign survived Auschwitz and Mauthausen and died in 1980. He deliberately reversed the letter "B" in the sign as his form of resistance and a way of exposing a lie. http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Liwacz As a person who's family has mixed Polish-Jewish heritage I feel sorry that such idiots as the 5 criminals who did it are Polish. I hope they as the person who ordered it will all end up in jail. However please note that the response of Polish goverment as well as Polish society in general was correct. The public was shocked. The police even set up check points on the roads to catch the thieves. Also in polish newspapers I read that former Israeli ambassador to Poland Mr. Weiss calls the response in Poland an act of Polish-Jewish solidarity. I think that the Polish-Jewish relations greatly improved in last decade. Please read about Jewish Festivals in Poland (particulary in Cracow) as well as self organized groups of Poles who take care of Jewish cementaries.
26. Sweden bashing...
Justine   (12.22.09)
The sponsor is a Swedish citizen. That's all we know for now and his role is not clear yet. What if he turns to be an ethnic Pole or else? (There are Poles living in Sweden...) You cannot bash an entire nation/country because of what one individual covertly tried to do. What if he's a middle-man and the real sponsor is some American?
27. Swedes wanted it incorporated into their coat of arms
Alan ,   SA   (12.22.09)
28. photo: the letter “i” from “Frei” is still missing,
observer   (12.23.09)
and vertically inverted "B" in "arBeit" is still there. The British LiBertines - AlBum contains 3i and 3B; "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Doherty) – 1:13 : http://www.last.fm/music/The+Libertines/_/Arbeit+Macht+Frei
29. I HEARD A RUMOUR...
Frank-el ,   Detroit USA   (12.24.09)
I heard a rumour that the sign was actually on its way to the US Holocaust Museum in Washington DC. That makes about as much sense as the conspiratorial drivel in many posts above that paint an entire country as involved in this plot because of a few people. But the truth is woe to any country, administration, or religion that dare criticize the "chosen ones" in any manner as they will be tarred and feathered in all ways possible. The crooks should go to jail for this shameless act and some posters should be more level headed in their analysis.
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