Oświęcim

American

[awsh-vyen-cheem] / ɔʃˈvyɛn tʃim /

noun

Polish name of Auschwitz.

Oświęcim British

/ ɔʃˈfjɛntʃim /

noun

the Polish name for Auschwitz

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The Auschwitz-Birkenau state memorial museum said Posmysz died Monday in a hospice in Oświęcim, the southern Polish town where Auschwitz was located during Nazi Germany’s wartime occupation of Poland.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2022

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