labor camp
noun
1
: a penal colony where forced labor is performed
2
: a camp for migratory laborers
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In July 1942, the Nazis ordered Anne’s older sister, Margot, to return to Germany and report to a labor camp.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
At the labor camp, guards woke him up every two hours every night for four years.
—Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
Vorkuta: Stormy Soviet labor camp turned battlefield with both exterior and interior transitions.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Washington — In December 2022, Paul Whelan was sitting in a factory at a Russian labor camp in Mordovia, more than seven hours east of Moscow, adding buttons and buttonholes to winter coats.
—Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
At the labor camp, guards woke him up every two hours every night for four years.
—Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
Vorkuta: Stormy Soviet labor camp turned battlefield with both exterior and interior transitions.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Washington — In December 2022, Paul Whelan was sitting in a factory at a Russian labor camp in Mordovia, more than seven hours east of Moscow, adding buttons and buttonholes to winter coats.
—Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Labor camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/labor%20camp. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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