Re: who invented "arbeit macht frei"?

"John Dean" <john-dean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

> Why does that omission make Wikipedia unreliable?

I said: "Wikipedia is not generally to be regarded as a
wholly reliable source, especially in this case". And, yes,
in this case Wikipedia is not wholly reliable.

> It doesn't say it *wasn't* used in 1928. It says it was
> used as the title of a novel in 1872 and subsequently
> used by the Nazis in the 30s. I take it you don't
> dispute that information?

Thus implying, wrongly, that the Nazis took the phrase from
the book. Which is wrong. Hence my remark.

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