Associations to the word «Auschwitz»

Wiktionary

AUSCHWITZ, proper noun. A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim.
AUSCHWITZ, proper noun. A former concentration camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust.

Dictionary definition

AUSCHWITZ, noun. A Nazi concentration camp for Jews in southwestern Poland during World War II.

Wise words

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