Talk:Arbeit macht frei/Archive 1

SODIUM'S REVISED TEXT:

Arbeit Macht Frei (meaning "work is liberty," or more loosely, "work makes you free") is the slogan employed by the German Nazi party during the 1930s, at the time when they were instigating a massive construction policy to counter unemployment and build up the national arsenal.

It was later adapted by the allies for use as an ironic statement, placed over the entrances of several Nazi concentration camps in operation before and during World War II. The entrances of several camps featured this slogan, including those at Auschwitz I, Dachau, Gross-Rosen, Sachsenhausen, and the Terezin Ghetto-Camp.

External Link Rudy Brueggemann's Photos of Arbeit Macht Frei slogans at Nazi camps

CAYZLE'S ORIGINAL TEXT (links broken and such):

Arbeit Macht Frei is the ironic? slogan? placed over the entrances of several Nazi concentration camps in operation before and during World War II. The words, in German translate literally as "work is liberty" or (more loosely) "work makes you free." The entrances of several camps featured this slogan, including those at Auschwitz I, Dachau?, Gross-Rosen?, Sachsenhausen?, and the Terezin? Ghetto-Camp.

External Link Rudy Brueggemann's Photos of Arbeit Macht Frei slogans at Nazi camps

I think there is much to debate here. Does Sodium's revised version suggest that the slogan was not reserved exclusively for use at concentration camps? If it was used in Nazi society generally, say so. I have revised the entry on the page to reflect what I personally consider indisputable fact, with no historical spin. I look forward to discussion of this issue. -- original author Cayzle

My apologies. I was actually thinking of Kraft Durch Freude (or possibly Arbeit und Brot) which was used in the context I described. I don't think there is any need of a debate, unless its on the whether I should learn to check my entries more thoroughly.


 * Embarrassed grin* -- sodium

No problem! I myself recently created an entry (yerf) that was pretty much entirely inaccurate! The beauty of the Wiki is that it is self correcting. (sooner or later, in theory anyway!) -- Cayzle