concentration camp

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On her second visit, in the early 1980s, she aimed to free herself from what she called the concentration camp of her own mind.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

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

She thinks of an article she read at the beauty salon, by a Jewish lady who survived a concentration camp.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez