The teacher was controlled by Polish customs in possession of
scissors and a socket.
The trip was nearly turn sour... because of the professor. A french teacher, who took his students at the memorial of Auschwitz, had control at Krakow Airport in possession of objects stolen on-site. A behavior that has outraged the Foundation for the memory of the Shoah. The Professor does make the subject of no prosecution, but the departure of the consignment from the French group had to be delayed for an hour.
The teacher recognizes the facts. Last Thursday, a class of middle school students Lyonnais prepares to fly to the airport of Krak?w, Poland. Except that just prior to boarding, their history teacher is controlled by Polish customs. Officers then found in the pocket of the teacher's scissors and a socket from the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. Prof recognized quickly that the objects are of the death camp.
Objects found by a student. The teacher explains that the objects were found by a student who, not knowing what to make, entrusted them. "As they were dusty, said teachers had taken in a tissue, and then in his pocket", says Jean-Christophe Bidet, Inspector of the Academy Deputy, questioned by Le progrès. Except that, "according to the law Polish, the camp is a protected area and it is illegal to seize any object whatsoever on the site", recalls his side Urszula Patil, spokesman for the Krakow Airport.
Any discovery on the site should be reported. Professor indeed should have the scissors and the socket to the staff of this place of memory. "The first thing to do, it was to return the objects to the guide so they are analyzed for their possible conservation, deplores the spokesman of the Foundation for the memory of the Shoah, co-financier of the trip." It also condemns the irresponsible behaviour of the professor. "If the facts are true, they are appalling, as regards more particularly of a teacher, adult escort. "He would never come to the idea of which either to steal an object in a cemetery", he commented.
10 years in prison incurred. For their part, the Polish authorities felt that the Professor had no "malicious inttentions" in seizing these remains. The penalty for theft of a protected object is yet to 10 years in prison. Socket and the scissors were therefore simply confiscated by customs officials and should be shortly delivered to the Auschwitz camp. For its part, the teacher apologized to the President of the conseil Général of the Rhône, Danielle Chuzeville.
The trip was nearly turn sour... because of the professor. A french teacher, who took his students at the memorial of Auschwitz, had control at Krakow Airport in possession of objects stolen on-site. A behavior that has outraged the Foundation for the memory of the Shoah. The Professor does make the subject of no prosecution, but the departure of the consignment from the French group had to be delayed for an hour.
The teacher recognizes the facts. Last Thursday, a class of middle school students Lyonnais prepares to fly to the airport of Krak?w, Poland. Except that just prior to boarding, their history teacher is controlled by Polish customs. Officers then found in the pocket of the teacher's scissors and a socket from the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. Prof recognized quickly that the objects are of the death camp.
Objects found by a student. The teacher explains that the objects were found by a student who, not knowing what to make, entrusted them. "As they were dusty, said teachers had taken in a tissue, and then in his pocket", says Jean-Christophe Bidet, Inspector of the Academy Deputy, questioned by Le progrès. Except that, "according to the law Polish, the camp is a protected area and it is illegal to seize any object whatsoever on the site", recalls his side Urszula Patil, spokesman for the Krakow Airport.
Any discovery on the site should be reported. Professor indeed should have the scissors and the socket to the staff of this place of memory. "The first thing to do, it was to return the objects to the guide so they are analyzed for their possible conservation, deplores the spokesman of the Foundation for the memory of the Shoah, co-financier of the trip." It also condemns the irresponsible behaviour of the professor. "If the facts are true, they are appalling, as regards more particularly of a teacher, adult escort. "He would never come to the idea of which either to steal an object in a cemetery", he commented.
10 years in prison incurred. For their part, the Polish authorities felt that the Professor had no "malicious inttentions" in seizing these remains. The penalty for theft of a protected object is yet to 10 years in prison. Socket and the scissors were therefore simply confiscated by customs officials and should be shortly delivered to the Auschwitz camp. For its part, the teacher apologized to the President of the conseil Général of the Rhône, Danielle Chuzeville.