Auschwitz

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

In Auschwitz last year, he was playing a lullaby on the piano, composed by Adam Kopycinski, a brilliant Polish musician who was the conductor of the Auschwitz Orchestra and had performed for Höss.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

We used to sing that kind of song in Auschwitz to remind ourselves of the world outside, where people fell in love, held each other, made plans for the future.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper