Just to clarify. That city had a long Jewish history and it is also famous for its Auschwitz. The German name for the city
https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/oswiecim1/osw017.html
The History Chapters / Meir Shimon Geshuri
On Oshpitzin that Preceded Auschwitz
Notes on the Historical Chapters
Thanks, maybe infamous would be a better modifier though.