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Auschwitz

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Ausch·witz  (oushvts)

Auschwitz (German) [ˈauʃvɪts]
n
(Placename) an industrial town in S Poland; site of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. Pop.: 45 400 (latest est.) Polish name Oświȩcim
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Noun1.Auschwitz - a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in southwestern Poland during World War IIAuschwitz - a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in southwestern Poland during World War II
Poland, Polska, Republic of Poland - a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II


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