The real meaning of arbet macht frei

Barry Rubin uses the recovery of the missing sign from Auschwitz's entrance, on which the words arbet macht frei (work makes one free) are emblazoned, to reflect on what that slogan meant during World War II and what it means today. And so, work makes free. It was not just a sarcastic act of derision but an actual control measure. If the Jews believed they were in Auschwitz to work hard in