Arbeit Macht Frei

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by Henk Bekker

Arbeit Macht Frei Sign at Dachau

The “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign at Dachau was copied at other concentration camps – most famously the sign over the gate at Auschwitz.

Prior to the Second World War, prisoners were often released from Dachau but never as a result of hard of work.