Today is the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
Arbeit macht frei. Work sets you free.
Auschwitz was also in the news last month after the (in-)famous sign over the gate was stolen. The sign has apparently been recovered, and will be replaced once improved security has been installed. What I hadn't appreciated until today was that the 'B' in 'ARBEIT' appears to be upside-down. The story goes that the political prisoners constructing the sign did this deliberately, to indicate the reality of what went on inside.
Of course it's upside down. Work doesn't set you free. Nor, for that matter, does play. Sadly, not even liberation sets you free. Those living under Soviet rule soon found that out. Only the truth sets you free...
'If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.' (John 8:31b-32)
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