Poland made headlines again when until now unidentified thieves stole a world-famous sign at the entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Papers around the world turned their attention to Oświęcim, a town in the south of Poland, where the German extermination site was located and where the memorial is visited each year by thousands of visitors. I'm afraid a common perception of the Poles as a nation of crooks, petty and large-scale, is bound to get solidified after this disgraceful incident. Some press reactions the world over here, here, here and here.
The botched theft mastermind is now said to have come from Britain.
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