Auschwitz

[oush-vits]

noun

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

Auschwitz

/ ˈauʃvɪts /

noun

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

Auschwitz

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

Example Sentences

He met her mother—whose family survived Auschwitz—in a labor camp in Siberia.

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Thankfully my parents, Auschwitz survivors and proud Zionists who endured the passage of Resolution 3379 and experienced the hope engendered by its repeal, didn’t live to see today’s mainstream resurgence of anti-Zionism.

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He finds the complexity of human beings "fascinating... I mean, how can you produce Beethoven, Bach and then Treblinka and Auschwitz?"

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Its Jan. 27 opening marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

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“Some say we can’t come back to live near a place like this. It would be like living near Auschwitz,” she said.

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