Auschwitz

[ oush-vits ]

/ ˈaʊʃ vɪts /

noun

a town in SW Poland: site of Nazi concentration camp during World War II.

Polish Oświęcim.

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Examples from the Web for auschwitz

At age 15, Martin Greenfield was sent to Auschwitz by the Nazis and separated from his family forever.
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And you say that Auschwitz, that experience, would tell people who they were.
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One of the memorable phrases in the novel is the idea that Auschwitz gives you a picture of your soul.
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Even in the Pac Man arcades — perhaps especially there — he was ruminating about Auschwitz.
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Nothing seemed so right then as to wrap myself in the Israeli flag marching between Auschwitz and Birkenau.
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Politics after Auschwitz was not meant to become yet another instance of pettifogging.
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British Dictionary definitions for auschwitz

Auschwitz

/ (German ˈauʃvɪts) /

noun

an industrial town in S Poland; site of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. Pop: 40 686 (2007 est)Polish name: Oświęcim

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Culture definitions for auschwitz

Auschwitz

[ (owsh-vits) ]

An infamous concentration camp established by the Nazis in Poland. (See Holocaust.)