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ARBEIT MACHT FREI “Arbeit macht frei” says the sign posted over the gate of the main entrance of the concentration camp in Dachau, Germany. That means “labor sets you free”. In front of this gate, which was usually closed, is a barrier with a sign on it that says “Halt”, meaning “Stop”. The whole camp is enclosed with high barbwire fencing, which has a threatened effect. There are watchtowers every 100 meters. It looks like a prison. However, the sign over the gate says “Arbeit macht frei”… The only thing you can hear, when you walk through the streets of the camp is the cracking of the flints between your shoes and the ground. There are so many visitors and everybody remains absolute silence, even the children. All of them are overwhelmed by the atmosphere, which fills this memorial place. Each person is remembering the human beings, who were killed here. The Nazis murdered 32,000 prisoners in Dachau and six million altogether since