death camp
noun
: a concentration camp in which large numbers of prisoners are systematically killed
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During the 1950s, when Gein was committing his crimes, details about the Nazi atrocities and the death camps were coming to light.
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Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
The series begins before Gein has ever killed, in 1945, as dawning awareness of death camps in Europe fills the air with sadism and conspiracy thinking.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Those who did heed their call-up orders were deported to the Westerbork transit camp in the eastern part of the Netherlands and then to the Auschwitz death camp, where nearly all were killed.
—Time, 30 Sep. 2025
The Nazi use of music in the death camps has many explanations.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
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Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
The series begins before Gein has ever killed, in 1945, as dawning awareness of death camps in Europe fills the air with sadism and conspiracy thinking.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Those who did heed their call-up orders were deported to the Westerbork transit camp in the eastern part of the Netherlands and then to the Auschwitz death camp, where nearly all were killed.
—Time, 30 Sep. 2025
The Nazi use of music in the death camps has many explanations.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for death camp
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“Death camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20camp. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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