Explore Auschwitz through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like stockade. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Auschwitz in a sentence
Auschwitz meaning
- Synonym of Oświęcim, A city in Poland.
- A former German concentration camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust.
Synonyms of Auschwitz
Using Auschwitz
- The main meaning on this page is: Synonym of Oświęcim, A city in Poland. | A former German concentration camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust.
- Useful related words include: concentration camp, stockade.
- In the example corpus, auschwitz often appears in combinations such as: of auschwitz, to auschwitz, at auschwitz.
Context around Auschwitz
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Auschwitz
- In this selection, "auschwitz" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, camp, former, finds, birkenau, iii and novel stand out and add context to how "auschwitz" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2024 race auschwitz survivor now and auschwitz survivors remember. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "auschwitz" sits close to words such as acquainted, adv and aerodynamic, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with auschwitz
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
How do we view Auschwitz in modern times? (8 words)
In collaboration with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, a huge exhibit called “Auschwitz: Not Long Ago. (16 words)
Human experimentation comparable to that carried out at Auschwitz was done at Unit 731 in Harbin, Manchuria. (17 words)
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and the director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Piotr Cywinski attend commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the Soviet army’s liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. (39 words)
From left: Richard Baer, who became the commandant of Auschwitz in May 1944, Josef Mengele, commandant of Birkenau Josef Kramer, hidden, and the former commandant of Auschwitz Rudolf Höss, foreground; the man on the right is unidentified. (37 words)
Glazer says he researched all this for two years, worked with the Auschwitz Museum and other organizations, and unlike the book he used the real-life people rather than fictional names, keeping it as authentic as possible. (37 words)
How do we view Auschwitz in modern times? (8 words)
Example sentences (20)
It consisted of Auschwitz I (the original camp), Auschwitz II–Birkenau (a combination concentration/extermination camp), Auschwitz III–Monowitz (a labor camp to staff an IG Farben factory), and 45 satellite camps.
In the afterward for The Tattooist of Auschwitz novel, the couple’s son Gary Sokolov details how the Auschwitz experience affected his parents later in life.
The Trust educates young people through their Lessons from Auschwitz Programme, taking students from across the UK to Auschwitz throughout the year.
In collaboration with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, a huge exhibit called “Auschwitz: Not Long Ago.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and the director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Piotr Cywinski attend commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the Soviet army’s liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan.
From left: Richard Baer, who became the commandant of Auschwitz in May 1944, Josef Mengele, commandant of Birkenau Josef Kramer, hidden, and the former commandant of Auschwitz Rudolf Höss, foreground; the man on the right is unidentified.
Auschwitz survivors remember those killed by Nazi Germany at the execution wall of the former Auschwitz death camp on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Oswiecim, Poland, Saturday, Jan.
In an article on contemporary German jokes about Auschwitz and the Holocaust, Dundes justifies this research: "Whether one finds Auschwitz jokes funny or not is not an issue.
According to records, Gisela and Kurt were detained at Camp Malines until April 14, 1944, when they were then herded onto a train to Auschwitz.
After the liberation of the Netherlands, he met Ruth Kan, who had survived a number of concentration camps, including Auschwitz.
And I’m sitting here as the grandson of a Holocaust survivor who survived Auschwitz-Birkenau, and I mean, she survived that hell.
Cohen's incredible story of survival through multiple concentration camps, including Auschwitz, was a poignant moment during the address.
Feedback on “'That is an urban myth': John Boyne claims he never had a spat with Auschwitz memorial museum”.
For all intents and purposes, the Holocaust is out of living memory - Auschwitz is just another tourist attraction now.
For the Hösses, who in their youth were members of an idealistic back-to-the-land movement, life in Auschwitz was something of an idyll, Glazer came to grasp.
Friedman, who was an only child, was five and a half when she and her mother were sent to Auschwitz and her father to Dachau.
Glazer says he researched all this for two years, worked with the Auschwitz Museum and other organizations, and unlike the book he used the real-life people rather than fictional names, keeping it as authentic as possible.
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How do we view Auschwitz in modern times?
Human experimentation comparable to that carried out at Auschwitz was done at Unit 731 in Harbin, Manchuria.
Common combinations with auschwitz
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of auschwitz 28×
- to auschwitz 28×
- at auschwitz 25×
- the auschwitz 22×
- in auschwitz 19×
- auschwitz and 15×
- auschwitz in 14×
- auschwitz where 7×
- auschwitz was 6×
- auschwitz memorial 6×