A view of the entrance to the Auschwitz I German Nazi concentration and extermination camp, with the motto Arbeit macht frei (Work brings freedom) over the main gateway.
The biggest German Nazi concentration and extermination camp KL Auschwitz-Birken OSWIECIM, Poland - Police in Poland said they detained and fined a Dutch woman for making Nazi gestures at Auschwitz-Birkenau, a former concentration camp in Poland.
Oswiecim regional police tweeted Sunday that officers detained the 29-year-old tourist from the Netherlands. According to local reports, prosecutors said the woman was caught making a Hilter gesture at the entrance gate which reads "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Works Sets You Free).
Prosecutors said guards spotted the woman as she was taking a photo by her husband.Prosecutors issued the woman a fine after the woman confessed, calling her actions a bad joke, according to local reports.RELATED: DCPS investigates after elementary students say they were forced to reenact HolocaustAuschwitz-Birkenau, situated on 472 acres, is located 31 miles west of Krakow in a suburb of Oswiecim, a small city in southern Poland.A Washington, D.C., public school librarian is under investigation after students and parents claim she made kids reenact the Holocaust.