concentration camp

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I often use the Nazi example because it’s almost the only concentration camp system people know, even though there have been a bunch of different ones.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2026

Holocaust Memorial Day is held on the same day every year, marking the liberation date of the largest Nazi concentration camp complex, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on 27 January 1945.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

An emaciated and apparently blind man stands in the snow at the Nazi concentration camp of Flossenbuerg: the image seems real at first but is part of a wave of AI-generated content about the Holocaust.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

Can you tell me more about how integrated the concentration camp system is with the “normal,” “non-emergency” parts of the carceral state?

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2026

But in May 1944, Nina was transferred to the women’s concentration camp at Ravensbrück in Germany, and from there was sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein