"B story" small sabotage in KL Auschwitz

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In this short film footage, we hear the statement from the late Auschwitz survivor Kazimierz Zając (prisoner number 261). While working in the locksmith's workshop in KL Auschwitz, he was a direct witness to Jan Liwacz's "small" sabotage. The credibility of this extraordinary story is often undermined, and the meaning of the gesture of turning the letter B upside down is seems to be interpreted in a distant way from the intentions of the former Polish prisoner/ prisoners of the German Auschwitz concentration camp, working in the camp locksmith's workshop.
Even on the website of the Auschwitz Museum we find the following words:
“The letter B was attached upside down, which some prisoners interpreted as an act of resistance aimed at the duplicity of the slogan above the gate. It is more probable, however, that it was merely accidental.” http://www.70.auschwitz.org/index.php...
In 2013, a 2-meter tall monument “To B remembered” was unveiled in Berlin. It is inspired by the inverted letter B and depicts it. The main message of the sculpture is: “Remember: when injustices take place, when people are discriminated against and persecuted – never remain indifferent. Indifference kills.”
The press release of June 6, 2013 reads:
 “The sculpture will be presented to the public for the first time in Berlin before carrying the message of the survivors to other cities around the world. The campaign's motto is Carrying memories into the future.”
https://www.auschwitz.info/de/aktuell...
The position of the International Auschwitz Committee, patronizing the creation of the monument is quite clear: By inverting the letter B in the word ARBEIT the prisoners "were able to demonstrate their will to resist the murderous system of annihilation that the Nazis established in Auschwitz, without automatically attracting the attention of the SS. It was a symbol of self-esteem and self-assertion in an environment where every conceivable human right was null and void."
https://www.auschwitz.info/en/b-the-s...
More here:    • B, the statue of the International Au...  
In the press release published by the IAC in 2015 we read: “The Auschwitz survivors are dedicating the renewed installation of the statue, which previously stood in Brussels in front of the European Parliament, to the refugees who are currently undertaking perilous journeys to reach safety and a future in Europe, and above all to those people in Germany and Europe who are reaching out to the refugees with open arms. Roman Kent, Auschwitz survivor and President of the IAC in New York said: "It is these people who deserve our recognition and gratitude. They are often far ahead of their governments."
https://www.auschwitz.info/en/press/p...
In this short material, we do not want to unequivocally decide the truth about history of the creation of the "Arbeit macht frei" inscription, nor to diminish the tragedy of any man or nation. None of the former Polish prisoners of the first transport to KL Auschwitz are alive anymore. Still we can, in a way, give them an opportunity to speak on this matter by showing this short conversation recorded on June 14, 1999 at the gate of KL Auschwitz.

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