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 ...

3 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.

1 day 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 met on a Holocaust education ...

Oswiecim is situated in southern Poland, only 60 km excursion from Krakow and 30 km from Katowice. It belongs to the Lesser Poland Voivodship, and is close to its border with Silesia. The town is situated in the Oswiecim Valley, near where …

3 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 ...

2 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 the actual day. But the Holocaust ...

5 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 Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oświęcim, Poland ...

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. The two principal camps have been preserved as museums and are the main reason to visit.

1 day ago · A parade of dignitaries and dozens of Holocaust survivors came to Oświęcim on Monday to pay tribute to the 1 million Jews who died there. Some of them encountered the single Jew who lives there. 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 ...