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This is generally pretty great. I was taken aback by the 'work shall set you free' quote at the top of Section 2. That seemed in very poor taste.
by jrh206 8y ago
This is generally pretty great.
I was taken aback by the 'work shall set you free' quote at the top of Section 2. That seemed in very poor taste.
- FabHK 8y agoOr ignorant. ("Arbeit macht frei" was posted at the entrances of many Nazi concentration camps.)
- jack_pp 8y agoDepends on your interpretation. I found it inspiring
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- JHonaker 8y agoIt’s a quote from the entrance of Auschwitz, and lots of other Nazi concentration camps.
- jack_pp 8y agoThey did not invent the saying, i just did a little googling and it seems they didn't even use it on all the camps. It was preserved from previous wars and it became a horrible sign in the context of the holocaust. I could see how that specific saying is tainted in German but I do not think it should be tainted for all of history and in all translations because of some unfortunate coincidence. I believe it has wisdom to share
- JHonaker 8y agoI mean they didn’t invent it, but the author of the book that did was a member of the German Nationalist movement that eventually (~75 years later) evolved into the Nazi party. It’s not like it was completely disassociated with Nazi history and then they decided to put it on their camps because it sounded cool. They literally wanted to work people to death, i.e. freedom.