Auschwitz-Birkenau — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Auschwitz name The site in occupied Poland of the largest Nazi concentration and extermination camp during World War II, now used as shorthand for the Holocaust itself.
Senses
Auschwitz-Birkenau is used for these senses in English:
- Auschwitz A former concentration camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust.