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    Oświęcim is 30 km2, of which forests comprise only 1%. The neighbouring boroughs (gmina) are Chelmek, Libiąż, and the gmina of Oświęcim. Oświęcim has...
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  • Helena of Oświęcim (Polish: Helena Oświęcimska; 1478/80 – after 1524), was a Polish princess member of the House of Piast from the Oświęcim branch and...
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    duchy was being sold it consisted of: two towns (Oświęcim and Kęty), two ducal castles (in Oświęcim and Wołek) and 45 villages: Bielany, Łęki, Babice...
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    Holocaust. It consisted of Auschwitz I, the main camp (Stammlager) in Oświęcim; Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a concentration and extermination camp with gas...
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    museum on the site of the Nazi German Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim, Poland. The site includes the main concentration camp at Auschwitz I and...
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    south of Oświęcim, Brzeszcze, 9 km (6 mi) south-west of Oświęcim, Chełmek, 8 km (5 mi) north of Oświęcim, and Zator, 16 km (10 mi) east of Oświęcim. The county...
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    Jan II of Oświęcim (Polish: Jan II oświęcimski; c. 1330 – 19 February 1376) was a Duke of Oświęcim since 1372 until his death. He was the only known son...
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    Casimir I of Oświęcim (Polish: Kazimierz I Oświęcimski) (1396 – 7 April 1434) was a Duke of Oświęcim since 1406 (under regency until 1414), ruler over...
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    Oświęcim Basin (Polish: Kotlina Oświęcimska) is a lowland, located in southern Poland, between the Lesser Poland Highlands to the north, Silesian Foothills...
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    bunkers. "Oświęcim Castle Museum". Muzeum Zamek. Retrieved 28 September 2015. "Oświęcim Castle". Zamki. Retrieved 28 September 2015. "Oświęcim Castle Details"...
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  • Gmina Oświęcim is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the town of Oświęcim...
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    of Oświęcim (Polish: Przemysław Oświęcimski) (c. 1362 – 1 January 1406) was a Duke of half of both Głogów and Ścinawa since 1404 and Duke of Oświęcim from...
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  • Towarzystwo Hokejowe Unia Oświęcim is a Polish professional ice hockey club based in Oświęcim, Poland. They currently play in the Polska Hokej Liga, the...
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    History of the Camp. Vol. I: The Establishment and Organization of the Camp. Oświęcim: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-8385047872. OCLC 874340863...
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    The Oświęcim Synagogue, also called the Auschwitz Synagogue, is the only active synagogue in the town of Oświęcim, Poland. The formal, as well as pre-war...
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    The Great Synagogue in Oświęcim was, until World War II, the largest synagogue in Oświęcim, Poland. It was destroyed in November 1939. The first mention...
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    and the Castellany of Oświęcim, which was in 1315 formed in the process of feudal fragmentation of Poland into the Duchy of Oświęcim, ruled by a local branch...
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    neighborhood of Chrzanów (chiefly the production of railway engines) and Oświęcim (chemical works). Kraków Park Technologiczny, a special economic zone,...
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    Shimson Kleuger (category People from Oświęcim)
    person to live in the town of Oświęcim, Poland, (German: Auschwitz) from 1962 until his death in 2000. Although Oświęcim had a Jewish community making...
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    Jan IV of Oświęcim (Polish: Jan IV oświęcimski; 1426/1430 – by 21 February 1497), was a Duke of Oświęcim during 1434–1456 (until 1445 with his brothers...
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    Oświęcim and educate about the dangers of anti-Semitism, racism and other prejudices and intolerance. The Center runs the Jewish Museum in Oświęcim highlighting...
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    Władysław of Oświęcim (Polish: Władysław oświęcimski; 1275/80 – by 15 May 1324), was a Duke of Oświęcim from 1315 until his death. He was the eldest son...
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    Bosco (Włocławek – Oświęcim, Poland) Ludwik Mroczek (1905–1942), Professed Priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco (OświęcimOświęcim, Poland) Franciszek...
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    Toruń as well as the site of the German Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim. A highlight is the 13th-century Wieliczka Salt Mine with its labyrinthine...
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    old Austro-Hungarian (and later Polish) army barracks near the town of Oświęcim; its German name was Auschwitz. Höss commanded the camp for three and a...
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    [baˈbit͡sɛ]) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. In the...
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    Urząd Miasta Oświęcim | Oświęcim – Miasto Pokoju". oswiecim.pl. Retrieved 2022-04-04. "Emerging from the shadows of history, the town of Oświęcim has a lot...
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    Jan III of Oświęcim (Polish: Jan III oświęcimski) (1366-1376 – by 19 August 1405) was a Duke of Oświęcim since 1376 until his death. He was the eldest...
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  • Auschwitz may also refer to: Oświęcim (German: Auschwitz), a Polish town after which the concentration camp was named Duchy of Oświęcim, a historical division...
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    1942 the chosen location was the flat land between the eastern part of Oświęcim and the villages of Dwory and Monowice, justified by good geological conditions...
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