Arbeit Macht Frei, The Mail in its true colours?

[sandyRoe]

http://news.uk.msn.co...-64320aaf0b55&_nwpt=1
Comment seems superfluous

[bazwillrun]

"the expression "Albeit macht Frei" was around for about 50 years before the Second World War. Principally it was used in the late 1920s/early 1930s when Germany was at its knees due to the First World War, the depression and mass unemployment. If you magnify the "offending" paragraph and read what was written, the journalist immediately indicates that the Third Reich tainted the phrase by using it for concentration camps."

dont let the truth get in the way of a good post !

[FredPuli43]

To say that the German phrase was 'somewhat tainted' by association with Nazi concentration camps, is to use just a tiny bit of understatement! It is only associated now with gas chambers and concentration camps, whatever its history.

Why would any sensible journalist use it?

[thenry]

"Work Makes You Free" was the ultimate irony of the Nazis. Why, as a nation, did they do it ! To Be or Not to Be ....................

[sandyRoe]

However it was first coined, it now carries the stench of the concentration camp with it. I'm surprised that even The Mail would stoop so low.