Among the rest, the formulation used Heinrich Beta in 1845 in the writing «Money and Mind»: «Not the faith makes blest, not the faith in selfish cleric and nobility purposes, but the work makes blest, because the work make free. ... this is the generally human law and the basic condition of all life and striving, all happiness and all bliss.»
In the concentration camps during the time of the national socialism the gate label was a cynical paraphrase for the supposed education purpose of the camps which were put on in action and truth after the principle of the «Destruction by work». (source: de.wikipedia.org)