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- DictionaryCon·cen·tra·tion camp/ˌkänsənˈtrāSH(ə)n ˌkamp/
noun
- 1. a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution. The term is most strongly associated with the several hundred camps established by the Nazis in Germany and occupied Europe in 1933–45, among the most infamous being Dachau, Belsen, and Auschwitz.
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Sep 25, 2019 · ‘Concentration camps’ are difficult to define in general terms. Even the survivors of the most notorious and universally recognised concentration camps in history, those of Nazi Germany, discovered this problem in the aftermath of the Second World War.
Generally speaking, a concentration camp is a place where people are concentrated and imprisoned without trial. Inmates are usually exploited for their labour and kept under harsh conditions, though this is not always the case.
Sep 23, 2019 · “Concentration camps” are difficult to define in general terms. Even the survivors of the most notorious and universally recognized concentration camps in history, those of Nazi Germany,...
Nov 2, 2017 · The earliest modern experiment in detaining groups of civilians without trial was launched by two generals: one who refused to bring camps into the world, and one who did not. Battles had raged off...
concentration camp, Internment centre established by a government to confine political prisoners or members of national or minority groups for reasons of state security, exploitation, or punishment. The prisoners are usually selected by executive decree or military order.
Concentration camps are places where people are held outside of any judicial process for an indefinite period of time. Camp prisoners are often made to complete forced labour or await execution. The Nazis built hundreds of these camps all over Europe. These camps were extremely unsanitary, overcrowded and brutal places.
‘What is a concentration camp?’ provides a working definition: it is an isolated, circumscribed site with fixed structures designed to incarcerate civilians. The Holocaust has confused our understanding of concentration camps in that a concentration camp is not normally a death camp.
