Wait… isn’t their school motto also the sentence written over the entrance of Buchenwald? Hab mean… the Nazis stole the motto and all, but It somehow still leaves a bitter taste…
The more (in)famous motto, Arbeit macht frei ("Work sets you free")
was posted over the gates to Dachau, Auschwitz, Sachsenhausen,
and other concentration camps, as a potent psychological weapon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbeit macht frei
"Eventually they settled on the idea of "To each their own,"
allowing the people to coexist in perfect harmony without
someone's values being prioritized over another."
(page 2, panel 7)
I like the little fun facts on the side but goddamn did the last one make me almost spit out what I was drinking. Fruity jizz wasn’t something I imagined reading today.
Jedem das Seine
("To each his own," or (more ominously) "To each what he deserves")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedem das Seine
The more (in)famous motto, Arbeit macht frei ("Work sets you free")
was posted over the gates to Dachau, Auschwitz, Sachsenhausen,
and other concentration camps, as a potent psychological weapon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbeit macht frei
"Eventually they settled on the idea of "To each their own,"
allowing the people to coexist in perfect harmony without
someone's values being prioritized over another."
(page 2, panel 7)
That is a dark, ironic gag, indeed.
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