Two Turkish tourists were
detained by guards at the Auschwitz museum for appearing to make a Nazi salute.
The tourists, a man and a
woman, both 22, were taking pictures of each other in front of the gate to the
former Nazi death camp under the iconic sign “Arbeit macht frei,” or "Work
makes you free," and allegedly raised their right hands in the gesture of
a Nazi salute.
Both are studying history
in Budapest. They had stopped at a hotel in Krakow before making their visit to
the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and State Museum.
“They probably will be
accused of public promotion of Nazi symbols,” which is illegal in Poland,
police spokesman Mariusz Ciarka told the Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper. If found
guilty of the charge, they could face two years in prison.
In October, two other
students from Turkey made similar gestures at the museum at Majdanek at a group
of Israeli students. Accused of promoting a fascist regime and insulting Jews,
the Turkish students could be facing up to three years in prison.
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