Arbeit Macht Frei: Representations and Meanings in Art
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Author: Batya Brutin
This book focuses on the various representations, meanings, and interpretations of 'Arbeit Macht Frei' in artworks, a phrase co-opted by the Nazi regime meaning 'work sets you free'. Among the artists are Holocaust survivors, second-generation descendants of Holocaust survivors, and others. They have used the inscription as a motif from a personal or general point of view to convey political statements and messages, or to present values, morals, or universal perceptions. The origin of the phrase 'Arbeit Macht Frei' is in the name of a novel from 1873 written by German philologist and novelist Lorenz Diefenbach (1806-1883). The Weimar Republic's government and the Nazi regime adopted this phrase. The Nazis placed it on several camps' gateways as misdirection, with contempt and irony, to instil false hopes in the prisoners' minds and prevent resistance and insurrection.
ISBN 9783111153117. De Gruyter. hb. 144 pages. 77 colour. 24 x 17 cm.
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This book focuses on the various representations, meanings, and interpretations of 'Arbeit Macht Frei' in artworks, a phrase co-opted by the Nazi regime meaning 'work sets you free'. Among the artists are Holocaust survivors, second-generation descendants of Holocaust survivors, and others. They have used the inscription as a motif from a personal or general point of view to convey political statements and messages, or to present values, morals, or universal perceptions. The origin of the phrase 'Arbeit Macht Frei' is in the name of a novel from 1873 written by German philologist and novelist Lorenz Diefenbach (1806-1883). The Weimar Republic's government and the Nazi regime adopted this phrase. The Nazis placed it on several camps' gateways as misdirection, with contempt and irony, to instil false hopes in the prisoners' minds and prevent resistance and insurrection.
ISBN 9783111153117. De Gruyter. hb. 144 pages. 77 colour. 24 x 17 cm.
available