Thieves hit heritage sites

7th May 2011

Cemeteries and churches are sites that are being stripped of cultural items

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Poland is being stripped of its cultural heritage by thieves and citizens unaware they are breaking the law, a national institute has warned.

A report by the Institute of National Heritage said that almost every day a piece of the country’s culture is stripped from a church or cemetery, or stolen from a museum or gallery, and the scale of the problem goes unrecognised.

“Thefts from museum exhibitions and from collections can hit the headlines but a lot of the time crimes against cultural heritage get little recognition,” it said in a statement designed to raise public awareness of the problem.

The institute added that most of the purloined items were taken with export in mind ...

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