concentration camp

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She was detained in the Soviet gulag system, then later held in the Nazi concentration camp system.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2026

On some sites such content was posted once a minute, said Groschek, who works at memorial sites in Hamburg, including the Neuengamme concentration camp.

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

Practically every concentration camp had an orchestra, made up of prisoners, who played for the German officers as they ate their meals, and also played fast-paced marches as the inmates filed out for labor duties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Then, somehow, I got caught up in one of Kevin’s World War II books—a book of excerpts from the recollections of concentration camp survivors.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler