Swede sentenced in Auschwitz sign theft

WARSAW — A Swedish man was sentenced yesterday to two years and eight months in prison for instigating the theft a year ago of the notorious “Arbeit Macht Frei’’ (“Work Sets You Free’’) sign from the former Auschwitz death camp.

A judge at a regional court in the southern Polish city of Krakow approved a settlement that Anders Hogstrom, 35, had reached with prosecutors, court spokesman Rafal Lisak said.

Hogstrom had confessed to involvement in the December 2009 theft and was convicted of instigating it.