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concentration camp

DEFINITIONS OF: concentration camp

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n a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)

Synonyms:
stockade
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Auschwitz
a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in southwestern Poland during World War II
Belsen
a Nazi concentration camp for Jews created in northwestern Germany during World War II
Buchenwald
a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in World War II that was located in central Germany
Dachau
a concentration camp for Jews created by the Nazis near Munich in southern Germany
Types:
death camp
a concentration camp where prisoners are likely to die or be killed
Type of:
camp
a penal institution (often for forced labor)

n a situation characterized by crowding and extremely harsh conditions

Type of:
miserableness, misery, wretchedness
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
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