concentration camp

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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

She was detained in the Soviet gulag system, then later held in the Nazi concentration camp system.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2026

An emaciated and apparently blind man stands in the snow at the Nazi concentration camp of Flossenbuerg: the image seems real at first but is part of a wave of AI-generated content about the Holocaust.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

Holocaust Memorial Day is held on the same day every year, marking the liberation date of the largest Nazi concentration camp complex, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on 27 January 1945.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

Our Blockalteste had not been outside a concentration camp since 1933.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel