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Oświęcim (help·info) (pronunciation: [ʔoɕˈfʲeɲʨiːm]) (German: Auschwitz, Yiddish Oshpitizin אָשְׁפִּיצִין, Romany: Aushvitsa, Osvyenchim, Czech: Osvětim, Slovak: Osvienčim, Bulgarian and Russian: Освенцим) is a town in southern Poland with about 43,000 inhabitants (2001), situated some 50 km west of Kraków in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship (1975-1998).
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