Oświęcim (Polish: [ɔˈɕfjɛɲtɕim] ⓘ; German: Auschwitz [ˈaʊʃvɪts] ⓘ; Yiddish: אָשפּיצין, romanized: Oshpitzin; Silesian: Ôśwjyńćim) is a town in the Lesser Poland (Polish: Małopolska) province of southern Poland, situated 33 kilometres (21 mi) southeast of Katowice, near the confluence of the Vistula (Wisła) and ...

5 days ago · Oświęcim, city, Małopolskie województwo (province), southern Poland. It lies at the confluence of the Vistula and Soła rivers. A rail junction and industrial centre, the town became associated with the nearby sites of a Nazi concentration and extermination camp complex known as Auschwitz, the first.

3 days ago · Hila Weisz-Gut's grandmother survived Auschwitz. In 2023, Weisz-Gut moved to the town where the concentration camp is located.

4 days ago · World leaders are gathering with Auschwitz survivors to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp.

3 days ago · The only Jew in Oświęcim, Poland, can see Auschwitz from her bedroom window Weisz-Gut works at the local Jewish museum, which aims to draw attention to the town’s once-thriving pre-Holocaust ...

5 days ago · Among 34,000 people in the town of Oświęcim is just one Jew – a young Israeli named Hila Weisz-Gut. It’s an interesting choice of residence, given the most famous feature of the town is its ...

6 days ago · Yet as unfamiliar as the town’s name might seem to those outside of Poland, its German title—Auschwitz—will require no introduction. Commonly regarded as the epicenter of the single largest genocide in history, the town’s association with the Holocaust has left a lasting stain on its name; but though seemingly damned to infamy, Oświęcim is emerging from under the weight of its recent ...

The 800-year history of Oświęcim has tragic years in its pages. During World War II, the Germans built in Oświęcim the largest death camp in human history, KL Auschwitz-Birkenau, in which 1.1 to 1.5 million victims were murdered in the years 1940-1945.

Oświęcim is a town in Małopolskie Province in southern Poland, 60 km west of Kraków. It's better known by its German name of Auschwitz, and from 1940 to 1945 over a million people, mostly Jews, were slain in the nearby camps.

Oświęcim, a town in Poland rich in poignant history, is predominantly known for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. Originally a place of profound suffering and tragedy during World War II, today it stands as a stark reminder and a …