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”Arbeit macht frei” – several remarks on the genesis and the ideological background of the slogan on the basis of Wolfgang Brückner book "Arbeit macht frei: Herkunft und Hintergrund der KZ –Devise"
Agnieszka Podpora
redakcja@holocaustresearch.pl Author Biographyabsolwentka polonistyki i studentka hebraistyki w ramach Międzywydziałowych Indywidualnych Studiów Humanistycznych na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim; studentka I roku studiów doktoranckich w Szkole Nauk Społecznych przy Instytucie Filozofii i Socjologii PAN
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-7219
Warsaw University
Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały, No. 4 (2008), Pages: 499-510
Submission Date: 2020-10-15Publication Date: 2008-11-02
https://doi.org/10.32927/ZZSiM.285
Abstract
The following paper is based primarly on the extensive study conducted by Wolfgang Brückner in his book Arbeit macht frei: Herkunft und Hintergrund der KZ –Devise. The article aims to present the origin, social context and ideological background of the motto “Arbeit macht frei” and other related texts placed above the entrances to some of the nazi concentration camps. The author raises the question, to what extent was the act of placing of such a motto in a KZ a mere sign of cynism or a conscious demonstration of ideological conviction of the SS-members, internalized in the process of bringing up and socialization in a specific environment.
Keywords
“Arbeit macht frei” , Rudolf Höss , forced labor , concentration camps
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