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concentration camp

[kon-suhn-trey-shuhn kamp] / ˌkɒn sənˈtreɪ ʃən ˌkæmp /


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"A former concentration camp must not be built over with new structures," the International Mauthausen Committee said.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

More than 35 years after surviving Auschwitz, Edith Eva Eger returned to the Nazi concentration camp.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

The inside of this bakery was warm and welcoming, filled with diverse patrons who were happily sharing a meal together, in the shadow of the would-be concentration camp right next door.

From Slate Mar. 12, 2026

Local activist Luciel Adams also warns that the project should be respectful of a rocky peninsula near Lüderitz that was once the site of the Shark Island concentration camp.

From BBC Mar. 11, 2026

In 1940, a special concentration camp for boys opened at Moringen in central Germany.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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