Results on strange hadron and resonance production in Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC with ALICE

Strange hadrons and resonances are among the most sensitive probes to investigate the characteristics of the system formed in high-energy heavy-ion collisions. The ALICE Collaboration has measured strange hadrons and meson resonances decaying into final states with charged particles. Results on the production of K*(892)0 and φ(1020) resonances, K0S, Λ, Ξ and Ω- and their anti-particles at mid-rapidity in √sNN = 2.76 TeV Pb-Pb collisions are presented and compared with those at lower energy and in proton-proton interactions. Our current understanding will be discussed focussing on particle ratios, thermal model fits to particle yields, strangeness enhancement and baryon anomaly. (authors)