# אושוויץ <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td dir="rtl">אושוויץ (Hebrew for Auschwitz)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Oświęcim, Lesser Poland, Poland</td></tr> </table> ## Overview **Hebrew spelling of [[Auschwitz]].** אושוויץ is the Hebrew rendering of Auschwitz (Oświęcim). This is a duplicate place-string for the same location; see the main **[[Auschwitz]]** note for the full, sober account of the camp complex, its dates of operation, and the victims. Records using this Hebrew form should be understood as referring to that place. <small>Sources: see [[Auschwitz]].</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Malka Goldberger (b.1913)]] | Died 1944 | | [[Munci Goldberger (d.1944)]] | Died 1944 | | [[Mutu Goldberger (b.1914)]] | Died 1944 | | [[Yaakov Goldberger (b.1889)]] | Died 04/03/1944 | | [[Avraham Lampert (b.1875)]] | Died 06/03/1944 |