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concentration camp

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


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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

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

Even the concentration camp system took more than a decade to evolve to its worst 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

Our Blockalteste had not been outside a concentration camp since 1933.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel




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