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"""BERLIN -- Police in Poland have recovered the infamous sign stolen from the front gate of the Auschwitz concentration camp and arrested five men, they announced Monday.
The "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign, which means "Work Sets You Free" in German and is synonymous with the Nazi camps of World War II, was stolen late last week from Auschwitz in Poland, police said Friday.
The theft prompted outrage around the world...."
http://www.wkyc.com/news/world/news_article.aspx?storyid=127478&catid=22
by dea_ex_machina on December 24th, 2009
Maybe Geld verdienen macht frei - but even then there are restrictions. It is ironic that becoming a wage slave will make you free - although in this case, there were no wages to the slavery.
When it comes to things that make you "frei" - I prefer this old adage: The best things in life are not free, they are fried"
by Kat on December 21st, 2009
I think I heard something on the radio today about that sign being stolen and then found by the authorities, I think they said broken into a few pieces. Do you have a link? Unbelievable.
by OldCW wears The COAT of the Cosmos on December 21st, 2009
Such a question without the context of murdering millions of people, would make sense. Through your own efforts you work to create a life for yourself which in turn creates more choices for you. Under the right conditions a person's willingness to work for what they want can create freedom.
However, this is written on a sign that hangs over entrance to an infamous Nazi death camp and will be forever viewed in that context.
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Thank you Kat,for your link.
The mystery is why it was ripped off and stolen,and then recovered miles away from Auschwitz in 3 pieces? There is a world-wide macabre but thriving black market in Nazi memorabilia,but if it had been stolen for that market,then surely it wouldn't just have been dumped. Maybe it was just some people with a family grudge against the Nazis,for what they did to the Jews and to many other hapless victims,or maybe it was just a stupid drunken prank?
by bLOGGER on December 22nd, 2009
Unbelievable. I know that in my country, every available piece of steel or other product or copper cable is stolen to sell to merchants to make money. Really a mystery. I hope the media eventually let us know what it was all about.
by Kat on December 22nd, 2009