death camp

noun

: a concentration camp in which large numbers of prisoners are systematically killed

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In September and again in July 2024, artworks by Egon Schiele were returned by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum, a Jewish cabaret performer and art patron who was arrested in Germany in 1938 and died in the Dachau death camp. Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024 With the film telling the real-life story of German SS officer Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig, who raised their children in a farmhouse next door to the Nazi death camp, the horrifying sounds heard from across the wall provide much of the film’s chilling impact. Alex Ritman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024 His unit was part of the liberation of the Dachau death camp. Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2024 Letter bombs One of Israeli intelligence’s early manhunts focused on a mastermind of the Holocaust, the Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann, who sent millions of Jews to death camps. Dan De Luce, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for death camp 

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of death camp was in 1944

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“Death camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20camp. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.

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