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a type of prison where large numbers of people who are not soldiers are kept during a war and are usually forced to live in very bad conditions
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Recent Examples of concentration camp
In the late 1800s, Spanish military officials used concentration camps – reconcentrados – during their 1896–97 Cuban campaign to isolate civilians from rebels, resulting in widespread death and disease.
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Alex Braithwaite, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
Heppner lost several family members to concentration camps, including his maternal grandfather, who was murdered in Sobibor in occupied Poland with two brothers.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
In 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
—Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Edith Eger, a La Jolla resident who as a teenager survived the Auschwitz concentration camp and others during World War II and went on to be a clinical psychologist and author of books sharing lessons from the Holocaust, died April 27 at age 98.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
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Alex Braithwaite, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
Heppner lost several family members to concentration camps, including his maternal grandfather, who was murdered in Sobibor in occupied Poland with two brothers.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
In 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
—Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Edith Eger, a La Jolla resident who as a teenager survived the Auschwitz concentration camp and others during World War II and went on to be a clinical psychologist and author of books sharing lessons from the Holocaust, died April 27 at age 98.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentration camp
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Burke checked himself into a low-security federal prison camp in Thomson, Illinois, in September 2024, to start a two-year sentence on his corruption case.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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She was subsequently sentenced to prison for her role in a years-long telemarketing scheme that the government said defrauded innocent people across the country, and after serving two years and nine months at a federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, she was released in December 2025.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
4 Apr. 2026
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And Nazi officials had promised Auschwitz’s Buna work camp thousands of skilled Jewish laborers – a quota that was not met because of the Rosenstrasse Jews’ release.—
Danielle Wirsansky,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2026
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An inmate serving a 10-year sentence for first-degree burglary walked away from a state prison work camp Monday night in El Dorado County, state officials said.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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He was convicted and sentenced to 13 years in a labor camp.—
Nick Tabor,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 Apr. 2026
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The labor camp, already on the National Register of Historic Places, was run by Tom Collins, to whom Steinbeck dedicated his 1939 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Grapes of Wrath.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2026
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The Tigers, who entered this series with a depleted starting rotation, will likely put together a second consecutive bullpen game.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
10 May 2026
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Santos also allowed two runs in 1 1-3 innings on Saturday and San Francisco needed fresh arms in the bullpen.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 May 2026
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“Concentration camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentration%20camp. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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