Acting on Hitler’s plan for “lebensraum,” Germany annexed much of Poland into Greater Germany, or “Grossdeutsches Reich.” Technically, Auschwitz was in Germany.
Oswiecim in Polish. Prussia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Russia divided Poland up among themselves on more than one occasion. So many of their cities have a Polish name and a German name.
Things change in Germany.
Three generations from Lebensraum to Lesbensraum.