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Auschwitz

(German ˈauʃvɪts)

(Placename) an industrial town in S Poland; site of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. Pop: 40 686 (2007 est). Polish name: Oświęcim

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Ausch•witz

(ˈaʊʃ vɪts)

n.

a town in SW Poland: site of Nazi death camp during World War II. 39,600. Polish, Oswięcim.

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Auschwitz - a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in southwestern Poland during World War II

Poland, Polska, Republic of Poland - a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II

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