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2008 | 4 | 499-509

Article title

'ARBEIT MACHT FREI' - SEVERAL REMARKS ON THE GENESIS AND THE IDEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND OF THE SLOGAN ON THE BASIS OF A BOOK BY WOLFGANG BRÜCKNER...('Arbeit macht frei' - ..na podstawie.. 'Arbeit macht frei: Herkunft und Hintergrund der KZ-Devise')

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Languages of publication

PL

Abstracts

EN
The following paper is based primarily 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 authoress raises the question, to what extent was the act of placing of such a motto in a KZ a mere sign of cynicism or a conscious demonstration of ideological conviction of SS members, internalized in the process of being brought up and socialized in an environment.

Discipline

Year

Volume

4

Pages

499-509

Physical description

Document type

ARTICLE

Contributors

  • Agnieszka Podpora, c/o Szkola Nauk Spolecznych przy IFiS PAN. ul. Nowy Swiat 72, 00-330 Warszawa, Poland

References

Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier
09PLAAAA059818

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.435d2fdc-983b-3551-a5e3-91cf0f54de4d
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