German mean machine

Date August 29, 2007

“Jedem das Seine” is a German translation of an old Greek principle of justice which translates literally into English as “To each his own,” but with the idiomatic meaning of “To each according to his merits.”

During World War II, the Nazis used the German phrase at the entrance to the Buchenwald concentration camp.

via wikipedia

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One Response to “German mean machine”

  1. mops said:

    “german mean machine” seems a bit misleading: the number plate is non-german…

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