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Best Answer: There is no meaning to the word Auschwitz. It is simply the German word for a small town in Poland called OÅwiÄcim. However, as you said, Auschwitz is best known as the location of a concentration camp.his Site Might Help You. RE: What does the word Auschwitz mean? I'm reading this book called THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMA'S by John Boyne, and the main character calls his new home Out-With..
Auschwitz was the largest camp established by the Germans. It was a complex of camps, including a concentration, extermination, and forced-labor camp. It was located at the town of Oswiecim near the prewar German-Polish border in Eastern Upper Silesia, an area annexed to Germany in 1939. Auschwitz I was the main camp and the first camp established at Oswiecim. Auschwitz II (Birkenau) was the killing center at Auschwitz. Trains arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau almost daily with transports of Jews from virtually every German-occupied country of Europe. Auschwitz III, also called Buna or Monowitz, was established in Monowice to provide forced laborers for nearby factories, including the I.G. Farben works.