death camp
noun
: a concentration camp in which large numbers of prisoners are systematically killed
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In the summer of 1942, a secretly anti-Nazi German businessman learned about the death camps; Heinrich Himmler had stopped by his mining company’s nearby villa, just after making an inspection tour of Auschwitz.
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Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Family handouts The three young Jewish women were all newly pregnant in 1944 when they were sent to the notorious death camp Auschwitz.
—Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
Polis and survivors of the Holocaust — Colorado residents Osi Sladek and Barbara Steinmetz — will commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a Nazi death camp.
—Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2026
Thousands of Jews died there or were sent from there to Auschwitz and other death camps.
—Vanessa Gera, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
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Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Family handouts The three young Jewish women were all newly pregnant in 1944 when they were sent to the notorious death camp Auschwitz.
—Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
Polis and survivors of the Holocaust — Colorado residents Osi Sladek and Barbara Steinmetz — will commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a Nazi death camp.
—Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2026
Thousands of Jews died there or were sent from there to Auschwitz and other death camps.
—Vanessa Gera, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Death camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20camp. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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