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concentration camp

[kon-suhn-trey-shuhn kamp] / ˌkɒn sənˈtreɪ ʃən ˌkæmp /

NOUN

prison camp for prisoners of war or political prisoners

Synonyms

STRONGEST

gas chamber gulag internment camp prison camp

WEAK

Konzentrationslager death camp detention camp forced-labor camp killing fields labor camp prisoner-of-war 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

More than 35 years after surviving Auschwitz, Edith Eva Eger returned to the Nazi concentration camp.

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

What are some characteristics that distinguish the concentration camp system in the U.S. to those in other historical contexts?

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2026

Then, somehow, I got caught up in one of Kevin’s World War II books—a book of excerpts from the recollections of concentration camp survivors.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

concentration camp

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