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 ...

Jan 25, 2025 · 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.

Jan 27, 2025 · Hila Weisz-Gut, 34, moved from Israel to Oświęcim, the Polish town where the Auschwitz memorial and museum is located, in 2023 to join her boyfriend, a Pole whom she met on a Holocaust education ...

5 days ago · OSWIECIM, Poland — Before their city became infamous worldwide as the home of the deadliest of the Nazi extermination camps during the Holocaust, the Jews of Oświęcim lived in relative harmony ...

Jan 24, 2025 · President Donald J. Trump today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to Poland to attend the Commemoration of the 80 th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on...

Jan 24, 2025 · Auschwitz was established in 1940 when Nazi Germany opened a new camp complex in Oświęcim in southern Poland to hold prisoners. What began as a political prison of Polish nationals evolved into ...

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 …

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.

Jan 28, 2025 · 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 ...