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Auschwitz

[oush-vits] / ˈaʊʃ vɪts /


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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

Edith learned that Eric, her teenage boyfriend, had died in Auschwitz.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

It will be directed by Toby Trackman, winner of a Royal Television Society award for his film The Last Musician of Auschwitz.

From BBC Mar. 25, 2026

The numbers swelled: in 1944 alone, nearly 500,000 men, women, and children were transported to Auschwitz.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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