Arbeit macht frei ([ˈaʁbaɪt ˈmaxt ˈfʁaɪ] ⓘ) is a German phrase translated as "Work makes one free" or more idiomatically "Work sets you free" or "work liberates".

Nov 5, 2019 · While the Arbeit Macht Frei sign at Auschwitz is perhaps the most famous one, it was not the first. Before World War II started, the Nazis imprisoned many people for political …

Gerade durch die Arbeit macht der Mensch sich frei, durch die Arbeit wird er ein Herr der Erde, durch die Arbeit endlich beweist er es, dass er über der Natur steht.“ [3] Entweder-Oder …

May 10, 2023 · “The inscription 'Arbeit Macht Frei' (work makes you free) was placed at the entrances of several Nazi German concentration camps and ghettos: Dachau, …

Dec 29, 2024 · The infamous phrase “Arbeit Macht Frei” (“Work Sets You Free”) is inscribed on a wrought-iron gate at the entrance to Auschwitz I, the first camp of the Auschwitz concentration …

Jan 24, 2025 · On 27 January 1945, prisoners at the main camp of Auschwitz watched as the soldiers of the First Ukrainian Front came and opened the gates under the mocking words of …

May 23, 2006 · The motto above the gate, Arbeit macht frei (Work Sets You Free), is one of the symbols of the camp. It was made by prisoners in the metalworking labor detail headed by Jan …

Feb 28, 2023 · The inscription “Arbeit macht frei” in Auschwitz (the inscription on the gate of Auschwitz I, through which prisoners from the labor commissures wandered) was made by …

Dec 11, 2024 · The phrase “Arbeit macht frei”, which translates to “Work sets you free”, carried significant psychological implications for the prisoners of Nazi concentration camps. It …

Polish Jews were confined elsewhere, increasingly in ghettos. Höss adopted the motto of Dachau, another concentration camp where he had previously worked: Arbeit Macht Frei ("Work Makes …