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Auschwitz

[aush-vits] / ˈaʊʃ vɪts /


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“My grandfather lost his life fleeing the Nazi invasion, and many of his family members were sent to Auschwitz and did not survive,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

She was arrested by German officers in April 1944 and taken to Auschwitz the following month.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Crowds stand outside looking at old photos posted on bulletin boards, pictures taken of people before they were rounded up and transported to Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Dachau.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Two Auschwitz survivors are still overwhelmed, 60 years later, when they describe finding each other in the Lutetia’s lobby in 1945.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

The music, the rhythm, the vibration of light in my joints and marrow somehow continue, even here in Auschwitz.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper




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