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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.

Related Polish words