Subscribe to Print Edition | Tue., April 15, 2008 Nisan 10, 5768 | | Israel Time: 21:25 (EST+7) web haaretz.com   Back to Homepage Rosner's Domain Diplomacy Defense Jewish World Opinion National Print Edition Advertising Books Arts & Leisure Business Real Estate Easy Start Travel Week's End Anglo File

Last update - 21:23 15/04/2008 Thieves snatch bronze plaques at Theresienstadt camp By DPA Tags: Czech Republic, Jewish World  Thieves stole 327 bronze tablets, likely for sale as scrap, from a cemetery at a former Nazi concentration camp in the Czech Republic, police said Tuesday. The plaques at the Theresienstadt memorial site, north of Prague, bore names of victims from area's Jewish ghetto and concentration camps. The thieves probably struck overnight last week, police said. Police opened a criminal investigation, but memorial director Jan Munk said anti-Semitism apparently was not the motive, as thieves have been stealing metal for a decade from the site at Terezin, as the town is known in Czech. Advertisement "This goes beyond humanity. This is a disgrace," he said. The perpetrators probably stole the plaques to sell as scrap, police spokeswoman Alena Romova said. Replacing the plaques with resin-board replicas will cost nearly 1 million koruny ($63,755 dollars). In recent months, Czech police also suspected scrap-metal sellers behind the disappearance of a four-ton iron railway bridge and the theft of 48 bronze reliefs from the Red Army tombstones in Prague, which caused a short-lived diplomatic spat with Russia Bookmark to del.icio.us   Security.com Shin Bet is reaching out to English and Arabic worlds with new web sites. Obama's blunder As Penn. primary approaches, Clinton has latched on to 'values' remarks by Obama.

Read & React Editorial: Carter deserves royal treatment, not Israeli boycott Responses: 221 Peres: Israel will avenge Holocaust through peace Responses: 89 Top Iranian army officer: If Israel attacks, we'll 'eliminate' it Responses: 138 Rosner's blog: In gaffe, Obama carelessly belittled guns and God Responses: 48 Rosner's Domain Is it illegal for Carter to meet with Hamas? (WTR) Hillary Clinton and queen Esther Poll: Were you convinced that America should stay in Iraq? Is neoconservatism Jewish? (WTR) More Headlines 20:02 Egyptian troops hunting terror cell in Sinai 19:43 Hamas: We blew up cars next to IDF vehicles in Gaza 16:18 Top Iranian army officer: If Israel attacks, we'll 'eliminate' it 21:18 Top Lebanese cleric calls Livni's Qatar visit an 'insult' to Muslims 18:08 Peres, at Warsaw uprising memorial: Israel will avenge Holocaust through peace 19:01 Provacative new play evokes sympathy for Jews, Palestinians 18:04 Claims Conference to compile database of Holocaust memories 19:42 Livni accuses MK Tibi of trying to sabotage two-state solution 21:23 Thieves snatch bronze plaques at Theresienstadt camp 16:41 State wants 7 year jailtime for MK Benizri, convicted of bribery 20:25 Carter greeted warmly by Hamas official in Ramallah, lays wreath on Arafat's grave 14:59 U.S. Jews urge Bush to boycott opening of Olympics over Darfur 17:42 Israel agrees to settlement expansion in exchange for clearing outposts Previous Editions Select Day 14 apr 13 apr 11 apr 10 apr 09 apr 08 apr 07 apr 06 apr 04 apr 03 apr 02 apr 01 apr

Special Offers Advertisement Learn Hebrew online with Israel's best teachers Sign up for a trial lesson today NEW! Dan Boutique Jerusalem Hotel Hip Dan Hotel in Jerusalem. Attractive Introductory Rates Pardes Institute Summer Sessions Study Jewish texts and issues in Jerusalem, Co-ed, All Levels Free the Palestinians from: Corrupt Kleptocracy, Tyrannical Theocracy, Abysmal Anarchy Fattal Hotel Chain Perfectly located hotels on best resorts of Israel. ISRAEL BONDS Build Israel Israel bonds - a multi-purpose way to celebrate Israel's 60th Eldan Rent a Car Israel's leading car rental company offers you a 20% discount on all online reservations Junkyard Junk a car - get free towing nationwide and a tax-deductible receipt

Home | TV | Print Edition | Diplomacy | Opinion | Arts & Leisure | Sports | Jewish World | Underground | Site rules |

Real Estate in Israel

Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, offers real-time breaking news, opinions and analysis from Israel and the Middle East. Haaretz.com provides extensive and in-depth coverage of Israel, the Jewish World and the Middle East, including defense, diplomacy, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the peace process, Israeli politics, Jerusalem affairs, international relations, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Israeli business world and Jewish life in Israel and the Diaspora.

© Copyright  Haaretz. All rights reserved