Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum

The memory of Prisoner Number 77 still brings hope to the heart of Auschwitz survivor Tadeusz Sobolewicz as he remembers how his friend boxed for bread in the notorious Nazi German camp.

Google on Wednesday launched its online "Cultural Institute", a digital visual archive of landmark 20th century events and personalities, created in cooperation with 17 museums and institutes from across the globe.

The Auschwitz museum said Tuesday it was demanding that the US Holocaust Memorial Museum return a barrack from a former Nazi German death camp used during World War II to hold prisoners.

Museum authorities at the site of the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau on Wednesday said they were launching an online study programme to teach people about the Holocaust.

Floods triggered by days of torrential rain swept through Europe on Monday, killing at least six people, forcing the evacuation of thousands more and threatening the Auschwitz death camp site.

A Polish court Thursday sentenced three men to up to two-and-a-half years in prison for stealing the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp, Poland's PAP news agency reported.

Polish police said Monday they found the Nazi sign "Work Will Set You Free" from the Auschwitz death camp cut in three pieces after it was stolen by five suspects with no neo-Nazi links.

Polish police said Monday they had recovered the Nazi German "Arbeit macht frei" sign stolen from the former Auschwitz death camp, but said five arrested suspects had no neo-Nazi links.

Polish police Saturday were hunting for thieves who stole the infamous Nazi German "Arbeit macht frei" sign from the entrance to the Auschwitz death camp in Poland, sparking outrage around the world.

Thieves on Friday stole the infamous Nazi German "Arbeit macht frei" sign from the entrance to the Auschwitz death camp in Poland, sparking a torrent of outrage around the world.

Thieves on Friday stole the infamous Nazi German "Arbeit macht frei" sign from the entrance to the Auschwitz death camp in Poland, police said, an act that sparked widespread outrage.

Thieves on Friday stole the infamous Nazi German "Arbeit macht frei" sign from the entrance to the Auschwitz death camp in Poland, police said.

Thieves on Friday stole the infamous Nazi German "Arbeit macht frei" sign from the entrance to the Auschwitz death camp in Poland, police said.

Thieves on Friday stole the infamous Nazi "Arbeit macht frei" sign from the entrance to the Auschwitz death camp in Poland, police said.

Thieves have stolen the "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work will set you free") gate sign from the Nazi-era Auschwitz death camp in Poland, museum staff and police said Friday.

Thieves have stolen the infamous "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work will set you free") gate sign from the Nazi-era Auschwitz death camp in Poland, museum staff and police said Friday.