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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..
1 The term Holocaust, originally from the Greek word holokauston which means sacrifice by fire, refers to the Nazi's persecution and planned slaughter of the Jewish people. The Hebrew word Shoah, which means devastation, ruin, or waste, is also used for this genocide. 2  In addition to Jews, the Nazis targeted Gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the disabled for persecution. 3  Anyone who resisted the Nazis was sent to forced labor or murdered.