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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 camps
The Gestapo was the secret police force of Nazi Germany that helped round up Jews and send them to their deaths at concentration camps.
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Dennis Romero, NBC news, 19 Jan. 2026
In 2017, a Radio Free Asia reporter named Shohret Hoshur broke the story that the Chinese government was holding members of the fiercely oppressed Uyghur minority in concentration camps in Xinjiang.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
The Schloss family was betrayed and sent to concentration camps in 1944.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
Just like the Nazis tried to hide sites in Germany during World War II, those concentration camps that ended up mass murdering six million Jews, this is no different, and the public does not know what’s really happening.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2026
The director’s grandfather was liberated from German concentration camps and escaped communist Poland to start a new life in Australia.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Dec. 2025
Items that would have been up for auction included letters written by prisoners in concentration camps, as well as Gestapo index cards and other perpetrator documents, The Associated Press reported, citing German news agency dpa.
—Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 17 Nov. 2025
The Nazis used pink triangle badges to brand gay men in concentration camps.
—Kate Sosin, Them., 31 Oct. 2025
What To Know According to the Anti-Deformation League (ADL), the Totenkopf was adopted by the SS and was particularly associated with the SS-Totenkopfverbande, which was responsible for guarding concentration camps.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Dennis Romero, NBC news, 19 Jan. 2026
In 2017, a Radio Free Asia reporter named Shohret Hoshur broke the story that the Chinese government was holding members of the fiercely oppressed Uyghur minority in concentration camps in Xinjiang.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
The Schloss family was betrayed and sent to concentration camps in 1944.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
Just like the Nazis tried to hide sites in Germany during World War II, those concentration camps that ended up mass murdering six million Jews, this is no different, and the public does not know what’s really happening.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2026
The director’s grandfather was liberated from German concentration camps and escaped communist Poland to start a new life in Australia.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Dec. 2025
Items that would have been up for auction included letters written by prisoners in concentration camps, as well as Gestapo index cards and other perpetrator documents, The Associated Press reported, citing German news agency dpa.
—Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 17 Nov. 2025
The Nazis used pink triangle badges to brand gay men in concentration camps.
—Kate Sosin, Them., 31 Oct. 2025
What To Know According to the Anti-Deformation League (ADL), the Totenkopf was adopted by the SS and was particularly associated with the SS-Totenkopfverbande, which was responsible for guarding concentration camps.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentration camps
big houses
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Thank goodness for wealthy people and their big houses.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
7 Dec. 2025
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“Concentration camps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentration%20camps. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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