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According to the West police district was the port found earlier this week in the north Bergen police district.
According to Bygdanytt was the port found in the Outer Arna.
– This is a very special case, ” says Stig Slaatten by the north Bergen police station to the newspaper.
Anonymous tips
It was the German police that enlightened about the discovery on Friday afternoon.
the Port, which is 1×2 metres in size, stood at the main entrance to the former konsentrasjonsleiren, which is located a few kilometers outside of Munich. The port was reported stolen for over two years ago.
During the investigation of the theft was the utlovet a bounty of 10 000 euro.
– Thanks to an anonymous tip, police in Bergen secured a jernport with the well-known text, informs the state police in Bavaria to the news agency AFP.
– from the image that is sent to us, believe the police that it is highly likely that this was jernporten that was stolen from Dachau, ” adds the German police.
Port and the sign is a historically important object, and the theft provoked strong reactions in Germany two years ago. The country’s prime minister, Angela Merkel, talked about the theft in the autumn of 2014 as “terrible”.
– Important monument
Police in Bergen confirm that it was an anonymous tip that led to the discovery.
“As a result of an anonymous tip, found the West standings in this week a port that originated from the former German konsentrasjonsleiren in Dachau. The gate is an important monument for Germany and was, according to German police stolen for two, three years ago. The port is in ok condition and will be delivered to the German authorities as soon as possible.”
communications advisor Margrethe Myrmehl Gulbrandsen in the West police district discloses to the NTB that she didn’t know that anyone currently arrested in the case.
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Dachau camp was opened in 1933, only two months after Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. The camp was originally intended for political prisoners, but became a dødsleir where over 41.000 jews were killed during world war ii.
the Text “Arbeit macht frei” – work makes you free – hangs over the main gate to the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in Poland. The sign was stolen in 2009, the Swedish nynazisten Anders Högström was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for.
Stolen 2. november 2014
The Telegraph wrote 2. november 2014 the port in the Dachau concentration camp had been stolen during the night.
to get to the appropriate port, had the thief or thieves climb over a different port first. The local police in Germany said at the time that they had no suspects, and they asked the public for tips in the case.
the Gate weighs over a hundred kilos, and the theft has likely occurred between midnight and 0530, writes the German police in its press release.
Dachau is located near Munich and was the first konsentrasjonsleiren which was established by the nazis in 1933. More than 40,000 prisoners died there before it was liberated by us forces, 29. april 1945.
Facts about Dachau concentration camp
* Dachau the camp outside of Munich in the state of Bavaria was opened 22. in march 1933, only two months after Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany.
* the Camp was originally intended for political prisoners, but became a dødsleir where over 41.000 people died during the second world war.
* Dachau was the nazi death camps which was in operation the longest.
* Over 200,000 people from Europe were prisoners in the camp or in one of the uteleirene.
* the Evacuation of the camp began in april 1945 when allied troops approached. Many prisoners died or were killed during the march. On the morning of 29. april was the camp taken over and the prisoners freed by american soldiers.
* Up to 1948 used the americans parts of the area as the internment camp for members of Hitler’s national socialist party, the NAZI party and the SS. Memorial site Dachau was opened in 1965.
* In november 2014 was Dachau-the camp jernport, with the famous words “Arbeit macht frei” (work makes you free), stolen.
* Two years later it was the port found in Bergen. No one is yet arrested in the matter.
(Sources: Store norske leksikon, NTB) (©NTB)
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