Auschwitz concentration camp
- noun
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campo de concentración de Auschwitz
- The SS sent approximately 320,000 of them directly to the gas chambers in Auschwitz-Birkenau and deployed approximately 110,000 at forced labor in the Auschwitz concentration camp complex.
Examples
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His voice faltered as he described how, as a seven-year-old, he watched his father, mother, sisters, and brother being deported in a train to Auschwitz concentration camp.
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Meanwhile, British 7th Armored Division units drove northeast, capturing Dieteren in the Netherlands, while Russian troops reached the Auschwitz concentration camp, freeing 2,819 inmates.
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In 1944, many prisoners suffered horrific conditions and mass murder at Auschwitz concentration camp.
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The history books detail the atrocities committed against millions at Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust.
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Survivors of Auschwitz concentration camp often share their stories to educate others about the horrors of the Holocaust.
Synonyms
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A Nazi camp in Poland where millions of Jews and others were kept and killed during World War II
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A place where many people are imprisoned without trial in harsh, crowded conditions
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A prison camp where people are kept and killed, often used by Nazi Germany in World War II
Surface Forms
Morphology
Auschwitz + concentration + camp
The phrase is compositionally transparent: 'Auschwitz' specifies the place and 'concentration camp' literally denotes a camp where people are concentrated/held, so the combined meaning — a specific Nazi internment/extermination camp — follows directly from the constituents. The term and its historical referent are widely known across languages and curricula, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words (and basic Holocaust context for 'Auschwitz') will understand the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Auschwitz concentration camp comes from the German name for the Polish town Oświęcim, where the Nazis built a group of camps during World War II. Because so many people were held and killed there, the name became a 'symbol of the Holocaust' and now quickly makes people think of those crimes.