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prison camp

NOUN
detention camp
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On May 4, 1945, at Gunskirchen, a Nazi prison camp in Austria, Edith was found by U.S. soldiers in a heap of people dead or dying.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

This is a prison camp that does not house sex offenders, nor those with the 20-year sentence Maxwell has.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2025

Dmitry Luksha built up muscles breaking rocks in a Belarusian prison camp, put to work alongside men convicted of murder and drug smuggling.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2024

Written in 1946 by a young French composer released from a Nazi prison camp, the hourlong song cycle for very dramatic soprano and piano reimagines Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde as exotic Peruvian lovers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2024

A prison camp isn’t a place for children; it isn’t a place for anyone.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed




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