Rabbi Marvin Hier , founder and dean of the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center , called the sign `` the defining symbol of the Holocaust '' and urged authorities to intensify their investigation . Police are searching for a sign that was stolen from Auschwitz . The sign read `` Work Sets You Free '' or the phrase is written in Hebrew on it and has been translated to English as " I will work hard so you can be free ".
Police are searching for a sign that was stolen from Auschwitz . The sign read `` Work Sets You Free '' or the phrase is written in Hebrew on it and has been translated to English as " I will work hard so you can be free ".