Auschwitz

American  

[aush-vits] / ˈaʊʃ vɪts /

noun

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

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Auschwitz British  

/ 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)

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Auschwitz Cultural  

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

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From their perspective, a survivor is someone like their cousin Alfred, who, after his release from Auschwitz, “walked across much of Europe before eventually reaching what was then Palestine.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

“My grandfather lost his life fleeing the Nazi invasion, and many of his family members were sent to Auschwitz and did not survive,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Members of Haining's family - Kevin O'Brien, Liz Harrigan and Patricia Audis - visited the exhibition this week during a study tour to Auschwitz, organised by the Renfrewshire branch of the Unison trade union.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

After a short stint fighting alongside anti-Nazi partisans, Levi was captured and sent to Auschwitz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Jack learned his aunt had been married two years before she was deported to Auschwitz and had since been reunited with her husband.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren