prison camp

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Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia, his parents fled from imminent Nazi occupation when he was still a baby and went to Singapore, where his father died in a Japanese prison camp.

From BBC

A week after her interview with Blanche, Maxwell was transferred to a minimum security prison camp in Bryan, Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal

The British, Australian and Indian prisoners were herded into Changi prison camp, where they were put on brutal work gangs and pushed to near-starvation.

From The Wall Street Journal

While her fellow inmates were confined to their dormitories after breakfast, Maxwell met with several visitors in the federal prison camp’s chapel, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal

During World War II, the British and U.S. military hid money, maps and tools in Monopoly board games and sent them via fake charities to soldiers and airmen held in German prison camps.

From The Wall Street Journal