Police say there is little that can be done against a man who made a Nazi salute while urinating on a memorial in a former concentration camp . Photos of Zdenek Appl , 24 , urinating next to the Star of David at the Theresienstad concentration , were handed to Czech police by a disgusted former friend . But the force investigated have admitted it may be difficult to take legal action against Appl , as promoting Nazi ideology is not illegal in the Czech Republic like it is in neighbouring Germany or Austria . Disgusting : Zdenek Appl was said to be drunk when he was photographed urinating on a memorial in a concentration camp in the Czech Republic . He has since denied being a Nazi to Czech media . The pictures were taken when Appl was visiting the former camp , situated in the north of the Czech Republic close to the German border with Jiri Larva , 25 . Jiri said he decided to hand the evidence over to the police after he was appalled by his former friend 's action , who was allegedly drunk at the time . ' I knew that he had some questionable ideas but when he started urinating alongside star David and then stood on the wall making a Nazi salute I just felt it was going too far , as I handed the photos in to the police ' , he said . ' I have n't had anything to do with him since but I reckon he should be punished for what he was up to . ' Czech media has reported that Appl has a Nazi tattoo on his arm with the words 'Arbeit macht frel ' - meaning 'work makes you free ' , the same chilling saying that was put above the entrance to Auschwitz and other concentration camps . They also state that Appl runs a Facebook page full of arguments promoting Nazi ideology - he but later denied he believed in the far-right views . Salute : Appl 's former friend Jiri Lava handed the photographs to police . saying he thought he had gone 'too far ' . The pair were visiting the Theresienstadt monument in the north of the Czech Republic , the site where thousands of people died at the hands of SS offices . After speaking with the media by telephone , Appl added that he is not a Naxi and said his tattoo had been removed since the pictures were taken . Thousands of people died at the hands of the SS officers and from malnutrition while being held at the Theresienstad concentration camp , which was open between November 1941 and May 1945 . As well as being a labour site for German , Austrian and Czech Jews , it served as a 'holding pen ' for Czech Jews before they were sent to other concentration camps to be killed . More than 150,000 people , including tens of thousands of children , were held in the camp for either months or years before being sent to their deaths at Treblinka and Auschwitz . The manager of the Theresienstadt monument and head of Prague Jewish Community Jan Munk said he found the images despicable . He said : 'It is disgusting . We are reporting it to police as well and we will see . ' I really doubt that somebody would not decry the pictures . '
Disgusted former friend handed pictures of Zdenek Appl to Czech police . Appl , 24 , was 'drunk ' when he urinated on memorial and made Nazi salute . More than 150,000 of Jews murdered by Nazi officers at Theresienstad camp . But Czech police say taking legal action against Appl 'may be difficult '