Elamur LocationsOświęcim
A settlement in Poland.
English name
Oświęcim — Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.
Other forms in use:
- Oswiecim — Diacritic-free rendering of the Polish name, used where Polish letters are unavailable; not the official spelling.
- Auschwitz — Historical German name, used in English accounts of the town before 1945 and in historical or family records; not the current official name.
- Oshpitzin — Yiddish community name in Latin transcription, used by the Jewish Museum and its English-language guide.
French name
Oświęcim — Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.
Other forms in use:
- Oswiecim — Accent-stripped form also encountered in French indexes and travel searches; the Polish spelling is preferred in edited French.
- Auschwitz — German historical name retained in French writing about the former German town and in references to German sources.
- Oshpitzin — Yiddish historical community name attested in French writing about the Jewish museum and its exhibition.
About
Oświęcim is a town on the Soła near its confluence with the Vistula in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. The Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau camp complex, now a memorial and museum, stands in and near the town.
Notes
Auschwitz is the historical German town name and also commonly names the Nazi camp complex. The town, Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau are related but distinct places; the alias is qualified accordingly.
Identifiers: Wikidata Q7342 · JSON
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