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Auschwitz

[oush-vits] / ˈaʊʃ vɪts /


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Auschwitz was at the centre of the Nazi campaign to eradicate Europe's Jewish population, and almost one million of those who died at the site were Jews.

From BBC

He met her mother—whose family survived Auschwitz—in a labor camp in Siberia.

From The Wall Street Journal

Thankfully my parents, Auschwitz survivors and proud Zionists who endured the passage of Resolution 3379 and experienced the hope engendered by its repeal, didn’t live to see today’s mainstream resurgence of anti-Zionism.

From The Wall Street Journal

He finds the complexity of human beings "fascinating... I mean, how can you produce Beethoven, Bach and then Treblinka and Auschwitz?"

From BBC

Its Jan. 27 opening marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

From The Wall Street Journal