Arbeit macht frei

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Etymology [edit]

Arbeit "work/labor" + macht "makes" + frei "free"

Proverb [edit]

Arbeit macht frei

  1. Work makes or brings freedom or "working makes you free" - notoriously inscribed over the gates of the Auschwitz concentration camp.