Arbeit Macht Frei, "work makes one free." Those words formed the entry to Nazi death camps. Attention typically focuses on the principal extermination centers- Auschwitz-Birkenau, Belzec, Chelmno, Maidanek, Sobibor, and Treblinka-where countless Jews were dispatched by gas chambers and crematoria. Less well known is the fact that the Nazi program included some 1,600 forced labor operations. During the 12 years of the Nazi regime, millions slaved and perished within them. If survivors were found when Allied forces arrived, it was only because the victims had somehow avoided being worked to death. This article explores the links between industry, slave labor, and the Holocaust. It also examines implications for moral philosophy that spin off from Holocaust business.
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