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Auschwitz

[oush-vits] / ˈaʊʃ vɪts /


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

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

The name of a Scot who died in the Holocaust after refusing to abandon Jewish children in her care has been added to a special memorial wall at Auschwitz.

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

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

I had survived Plaszów, and Wieliczka, and Trzebinia, and Birkenau, and now Auschwitz.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz




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