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auschwitz

/ˈaʊʃ.vɪts/

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noun

/ˈaʊʃ.vɪts/C1formal
  • ruИмя собственное, обозначающее комплекс нацистских концентрационных лагерей и лагерей смерти, расположенных на оккупированной немцами территории Польши во время Второй мировой войны, в первую очередь ассоциирующееся с геноцидом более миллиона евреев и других преследуемых групп.

A proper noun referring to a complex of Nazi concentration and extermination camps located in German-occupied Poland during World War II, primarily associated with the genocide of over one million Jews and other persecuted groups.

uncountable · proper noun

  1. Nazi concentration campC1formal

    A complex of Nazi concentration and extermination camps built and operated in occupied Poland during World War II, primarily used for the genocide of European Jews.

    ruКонцентрационный лагерь нацистов

    • Auschwitz has become a symbol of the Holocaust.
    • Millions of people were murdered at Auschwitz during the war.
    • The Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial serves as a reminder of the atrocities committed there.