The infamous gate with the inscription Arbeit Macht Frei (Work Makes You Free) is located at the main camp of Auschwitz. Watercolor created for the 1994 documentary short, Choosing One's Way: Resistance in Auschwitz/ Birkenau.
Creator:
Krimstein, Jordan, -2015
Created:
2004
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Slogan over the main entrance to Auschwitz I. Many artists during and after the Holocaust used the image of a crucified Christ to represent the Jewish people, most famously Marc Chagall’s White Crucifixion (1938). In this image, "Work Makes You Free" replaces the typical Latin INRI, Iesvs Nazarenvs Rex Ivdaeorvm (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the J...
Creator:
Hirschberger, Fritz, 1912-2004
Created:
1990?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Text lists promises of the Nazis and the reality terror and bad situation of workers under Hitler and Papen-government. Round logo with insignia "KJI" on stylized flag.
Created:
1918 - 1939
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Upper Midwest Literary Archives.