death camp

noun

: a concentration camp in which large numbers of prisoners are systematically killed

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When a transport with 300 women was diverted to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, Schindler managed to secure their release. Arkansas Online, 18 May 2025 The Last Musician of Auschwitz aired on the BBC in January around the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the notorious death camp, which was commemorated worldwide. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 May 2025 As France prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the Nazi surrender to Allied forces, survivors of World War II reflect on painful memories of fear, deprivation and persecution shaped by the German occupation of the country and the deportation of Jews and others to death camps. Sylvie Corbet, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025 Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl embodied resilience by surviving Nazi death camps and finding purpose through the ordeal. Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for death camp

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First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of death camp was in 1944

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“Death camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20camp. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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