Auschwitz

American  

[oush-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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Example Sentences

It will be directed by Toby Trackman, winner of a Royal Television Society award for his film The Last Musician of Auschwitz.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Florence Miailhe’s oil-painted memory play tells of Alfred Nakache, a French swimmer of Algerian Jewish descent who finished ahead of Nazi competitors at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, joined the Resistance and survived Auschwitz.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

Another example is a fake image created to illustrate the invented story of a Czech violinist called "Hank" at Auschwitz, which was called out as false by the camp museum.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

Dr Marcel Ladenheim, who was hidden by a French family during the Holocaust after his father was killed at Auschwitz, said he now felt "worried" for his children and grandchildren.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

We survived the Holocaust because of the enormous risks Schindler took and the bribes and backroom deals he brokered to keep us, his Jewish workers, safe from the gas chambers of Auschwitz.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson