Auschwitz

Example Sentences

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More than 35 years after surviving Auschwitz, Edith Eva Eger returned to the Nazi concentration camp.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 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

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

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

The first of November comes to Auschwitz with early rushes of snow and wind.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper