![View of the main entrance to the Auschwitz camp: "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work makes one free). [LCID: 0001]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/59778d5a-bdaa-4f66-aae9-40c527a555b1.jpg)
View of the main entrance to the Auschwitz camp. The sign above the gate says "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work makes one free). Auschwitz, Poland, date uncertain.
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