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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
Sasha will escape Vichy France, but her family will still die in the concentration camps.
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Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
While the Nuremberg trials put the Nazi high command on trial, there were still many, many Germans in the SS or who worked at concentration camps who were able to return to everyday life.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
After the family is discovered and sent to concentration camps, Gies preserves young Anne’s (Billie Boullet) diary and eventually sees its publication.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
Last year, Joseph Ladapo, whom DeSantis had appointed as Florida’s surgeon general in 2021, appeared to compare childhood vaccine schedules to medical experiments conducted by the Nazis in concentration camps.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2026
Many did not experience concentration camps but were forced to flee villages and towns as Nazi forces advanced, destroying homes and killing millions.
—Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
In all, some 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust — in ghettos, concentration camps and often shot at close range in the fields and forests of Eastern Europe.
—Vanessa Gera, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
The Gestapo was the secret police force of Nazi Germany that helped round up Jews and send them to their deaths at concentration camps.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 19 Jan. 2026
The Schloss family was betrayed and sent to concentration camps in 1944.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
While the Nuremberg trials put the Nazi high command on trial, there were still many, many Germans in the SS or who worked at concentration camps who were able to return to everyday life.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
After the family is discovered and sent to concentration camps, Gies preserves young Anne’s (Billie Boullet) diary and eventually sees its publication.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
Last year, Joseph Ladapo, whom DeSantis had appointed as Florida’s surgeon general in 2021, appeared to compare childhood vaccine schedules to medical experiments conducted by the Nazis in concentration camps.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2026
Many did not experience concentration camps but were forced to flee villages and towns as Nazi forces advanced, destroying homes and killing millions.
—Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
In all, some 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust — in ghettos, concentration camps and often shot at close range in the fields and forests of Eastern Europe.
—Vanessa Gera, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
The Gestapo was the secret police force of Nazi Germany that helped round up Jews and send them to their deaths at concentration camps.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 19 Jan. 2026
The Schloss family was betrayed and sent to concentration camps in 1944.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
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 11 Feb. 2026.
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