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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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The show also sees Watkins expose Gein to disturbing material, such as photos from concentration camps and books about notorious Nazi war criminal Ilse Koch (played by Vicky Krieps), who, as Gein would go on to do, allegedly collected human skin and body parts.
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Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
The wife of the commander at one of Germany’s largest Nazi concentration camps allegedly had a desire to own objects made of human skin, per The Conversation.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Klima lived an incredible, principled life, having survived both the Nazi concentration camp at Terezin as a boy, and post-1968 Soviet repression in Czechoslovakia.
—Jonny Diamond, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
In January 2024, after coming under fire for reposting an antisemitic conspiracy theory on X, Musk visited Nazi concentration camps in Europe.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
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Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
The wife of the commander at one of Germany’s largest Nazi concentration camps allegedly had a desire to own objects made of human skin, per The Conversation.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Klima lived an incredible, principled life, having survived both the Nazi concentration camp at Terezin as a boy, and post-1968 Soviet repression in Czechoslovakia.
—Jonny Diamond, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
In January 2024, after coming under fire for reposting an antisemitic conspiracy theory on X, Musk visited Nazi concentration camps in Europe.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentration camp
Noun
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Maxwell was transferred from a low-security federal prison in Florida to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas after being interviewed by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in July.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Takei and his family were eventually moved to a prison camp in Arkansas.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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The officials are using the existing minimum security prison work camp in McCook, located around 210 miles west of Lincoln.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
20 Aug. 2025
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Work Ethic Camp, a minimum security prison work camp in McCook, Nebraska, will be used as the site of the immigration detention center.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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The novel was inspired by Steinbeck’s journalism work, particularly for The San Francisco News, which had commissioned him to cover migrant labor camps in the Salinas valley.—
Paul Slovak
September 16,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
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Every day, the MLA team crisscrosses west Michigan in search of labor camps.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The New York Yankees lost in Game 1 of the ALDS to the Toronto Blue Jays after their bullpen imploded in the seventh inning.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Oct. 2025
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Roberts said Glasnow will be available out of the bullpen on Saturday.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Concentration camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentration%20camp. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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