Auschwitz

[ oush-vits ]

noun

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

Auschwitz

/ ˈauʃvɪts /

noun

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

Auschwitz

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

Example Sentences

This strength and dedication comes from her mother, a Holocaust survivor who was captured as part of the Resistance in World War II. She was imprisoned in Auschwitz and later at Ravensbrück in Germany.

From Los Angeles Times

As the Germans held roll call while Levi and his fellow Italian Jews waited for deportation to Auschwitz in 1944, he wrote how the German officer asked, “Wieviel Stück?”

From Salon

Dr Ruth never saw her parents after leaving for Switzerland and believed they were killed in the gas chambers of Auschwitz - a Nazi death camp.

From BBC

She never made a concerted effort to find out how they died but believed that they perished in the Auschwitz concentration camp.

From Los Angeles Times

Why do you think it’s important that audiences watch “The Tattooist of Auschwitz”?

From Los Angeles Times