CentralNotice Arbeit macht frei From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For the album, see Arbeit macht frei (album) . At Auschwitz I 50°01′39″N 19°12′11″E  /  50.027606°N 19.203088°E  / 50.027606; 19.203088  ( Site of Auschwitz I entrance with Arbeit Macht Frei "Work Makes Free" Gate ) Theresienstadt in the Czech Republic 50°30′50″N 14°09′55″E  /  50.513924°N 14.165352°E  / 50.513924; 14.165352  ( Site of Theresienstadt entrance with Arbeit Macht Frei "Labour Makes Free" Gate ) " Arbeit macht frei " ( German pronunciation: [ˈaɐ̯baɪt ˈmaxt ˈfʁaɪ] ) is a German phrase meaning "work makes (you) free." [ 1 ] The slogan was placed over the entrances to a number of Nazi concentration camps during World War II , including Auschwitz I , where it was made by prisoners with metalwork skills and erected by order of the Nazis in...