concentration camp

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Gere told the audience that he had recently visited the Nazi concentration camp in Dachau.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

On her second visit, in the early 1980s, she aimed to free herself from what she called the concentration camp of her own mind.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Local activist Luciel Adams also warns that the project should be respectful of a rocky peninsula near Lüderitz that was once the site of the Shark Island concentration camp.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

I often use the Nazi example because it’s almost the only concentration camp system people know, even though there have been a bunch of different ones.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2026

The next day, the American soldiers took the captured boys to Dachau, a liberated concentration camp located just twelve miles outside Munich.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti