Arbeit macht frei ( ) is a German phrase translated as "Work makes one free" or more idiomatically "Work sets you free" or "work liberates".
Slogan displayed at Auschwitz
Theresienstadt in the Czech Republic
Gross-Rosen
KZ Sachsenhausen
Theodor Eicke was a senior SS functionary and Waffen SS divisional commander during the Nazi era. He was one of the key figures in the development of Nazi concentration camps. Eicke served as the second commandant of the Dachau concentration camp from June 1933 to July 1934, and together with his adjutant Michael Lippert, was one of the executioners of SA Chief Ernst Röhm during the Night of the Long Knives purge of 1934. He continued to expand and develop the concentration camp system as the first Concentration Camps Inspector.
Theodor Eicke
Dachau entrance gate with the Arbeit Macht Frei ("Work sets you free") slogan commonly featured at Nazi concentration camps. 48°16′06″N 11°28′01″E / 48.268347°N 11.466865°E / 48.268347; 11.466865 (Site of Dachau entrance with Arbeit Macht Frei "Work Makes Free" Gate)
Eicke and the SS Division Totenkopf in the Soviet Union in 1941.