labor camp
noun
1
: a penal colony where forced labor is performed
2
: a camp for migratory laborers
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Two of the camps, Helgoland and Borkum, were labor camps run by the civil and military engineering arm of the Nazis.
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Claire Moses, New York Times, 22 May 2024
Hunter would learn, for example, that her cousin, Józef, was born in a Siberian labor camp, and that his mother used her breast milk to keep his eyes from freezing in the harsh weather.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2024
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Claire Moses, New York Times, 22 May 2024
Hunter would learn, for example, that her cousin, Józef, was born in a Siberian labor camp, and that his mother used her breast milk to keep his eyes from freezing in the harsh weather.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2024
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“Labor camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20camp. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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