prison camp

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Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia, his parents fled from imminent Nazi occupation when he was still a baby and went to Singapore, where his father died in a Japanese prison camp.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

Russian officials and prison authorities have said it occurred suddenly after he collapsed during exercise at a prison camp above the Arctic Circle, where he was serving out a lengthy sentence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 17, 2025

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

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

Alongside our camp is the big Russian prison camp.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque