Auschwitz
Example Sentences
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Just days before he believed he would be shipped to Auschwitz, which meant certain death, he escaped alongside Erno Erbstein, another Jewish coach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
Her return visit to Auschwitz, around the same time, dissolved much of her angst, allowing her to pursue her vocation with greater self-confidence.
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
Early in 1945, we knew that the Soviet army had liberated Auschwitz and Kraków.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
