fri., 2 sept., sat., 3 sept., sun 4 sept., mon., 5 sept., 2011, a very german & very french labor day, give us This Day our Daily Curse

FRENCH: “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité” ‡
FRENCH: “T. F. P. / Travail, Famille, Patrie” ‡‡
FRENCH: “T. F. P. / Travaux forcés à perpetuité” ‡‡‡
GERMAN: “Arbeit macht frei.” ‡‡‡‡

‡ ) “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” — French Nat’l motto, dating fr. the French Revolution ;
‡‡ ) “Work, Family, Fatherland” — Nat’l motto of the Vichy Regime, the puppet govt. of
the Nazi occupation ;
‡‡‡ ) “Forced labor in perpetuity” — i.e. & e.g., “life sentence without parole,” fr. the French
penal code ;
‡‡‡‡ ) “Work shall make you free.” — inscribed above the gates of Nazi death camps, most
infamously, Auschwitz
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