Breslau
Americannoun
noun
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Breslau, where Germans outnumbered Poles 10 to 1 before 1945, became Polish Wrocław.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
Breslau was one of two homeowners who spoke out Tuesday morning at a news conference on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall before a hearing inside held by the state’s Assembly Insurance Committee.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024
The five-year-old had fled her home in Breslau, Germany, now Wroclaw in Poland, with her 10-year-old sister Ruth.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2023
“We’re at a point where everyone has a lot of soul searching to do,” said Rod Breslau, a gaming and e-sports analyst.
From New York Times • May 20, 2023
My mother’s family came from Breslau, and she had grown up speaking German, so she insisted I do too, hiring a strict governess named Frau Schmidt to look after me.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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