work camp
noun
: a camp for workers: such as
b
: a short-term group project in which individuals from one or more religious organizations volunteer their labor
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No Moroccan Jew was sent to the Nazi death camps under his watch, though some 2,100 were interned at Vichy work camps in the Sahara as political prisoners who opposed the collaborationist regime.
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Theo Zenou, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
Coming across a letter and diary written by his father’s friend, Ron discovered that both men had been deported from Slovakia, imprisoned in Auschwitz and then transported to Nazi-run work camps, from where they were eventually liberated.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
Debora was facing a three-year sentence in a juvenile work camp.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
In response, the administration set up makeshift shelters in convention centers, military bases and work camps, including the Dimmit Emergency Intake Site, the location of the facility set to open this week.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023
Archaeological digs show that Nazis built work camps and death camps on the islands near the northwestern coast of France, but records from the occupation are far-flung.
—Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
Kennan had come to write a defense of the sprawling network of work camps and prisons.
—W. M. Akers, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
The site, a former work camp in Carrizo Springs, Texas, could start housing unaccompanied migrant children in federal custody as early as Friday, the U.S. officials said, requesting anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023
Erected in 1935 as a gulag work camp, Norilsk has grown into a nickel mining and smelting center.
—Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2019
Theo Zenou, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
Coming across a letter and diary written by his father’s friend, Ron discovered that both men had been deported from Slovakia, imprisoned in Auschwitz and then transported to Nazi-run work camps, from where they were eventually liberated.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
Debora was facing a three-year sentence in a juvenile work camp.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
In response, the administration set up makeshift shelters in convention centers, military bases and work camps, including the Dimmit Emergency Intake Site, the location of the facility set to open this week.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023
Archaeological digs show that Nazis built work camps and death camps on the islands near the northwestern coast of France, but records from the occupation are far-flung.
—Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
Kennan had come to write a defense of the sprawling network of work camps and prisons.
—W. M. Akers, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
The site, a former work camp in Carrizo Springs, Texas, could start housing unaccompanied migrant children in federal custody as early as Friday, the U.S. officials said, requesting anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023
Erected in 1935 as a gulag work camp, Norilsk has grown into a nickel mining and smelting center.
—Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2019
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“Work camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20camp. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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