Oświęcim (Polish: [ɔˈɕfjɛɲtɕim] ⓘ; German: Auschwitz [ˈaʊʃvɪts] ⓘ; Yiddish: אָשפּיצין, romanized: Oshpitzin; Silesian: Ôśwjyńćim) is a town in the Lesser Poland (Polish: Małopolska) province …

5 days ago · Oświęcim began in the 12th century and received municipal rights in the 13th century. It served as the capital of a sovereign duchy that in 1307 swore allegiance to …

3 days ago · 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 …

Auschwitz or Oświęcim, [3] was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) …

6 days ago · FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 01/24/25. President Trump Announces Presidential Delegation to attend the Commemoration of the 80 th Anniversary of the Liberation of …

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 …

4 days ago · OŚWIĘCIM, Poland — Eva Umlauf was only 2 when Soviet Red Army troops liberated her and her mother from Auschwitz concentration camp — too young to remember …

6 days ago · Best known by its German name, Auschwitz, the town of Oświęcim has learned to live again. ...

Oświęcim is an old town which dates back to the 12th century. Preserved monuments and traces of the past give it a specific atmosphere. The 800-year history of Oświęcim has tragic years in …

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 …