'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')

• Authors: Podpora Agnieszka
• 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.

Keywords

EN

'ARBEIT MACHT FREI' -SOCIAL CONTEXT; NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Zaglada Zydów. Studia i Materialy (Holocaust. Studies and Materials)
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 4
• Pages: 499-509
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Podpora Agnieszka

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

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA059818