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a type of prison where large numbers of people who are not soldiers are kept during a war and are usually forced to live in very bad conditions
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Recent Examples of concentration camp
The American Jewish Committee, the Anti-Defamation League and the Syrian Jewish community helped organize the event, which featured speaker Nissen Mangel, a 91-year-old rabbi and a survivor of multiple concentration camps during the Holocaust.
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Vita Fellig, Sun Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
Not quite a vacation, the trip takes them to see the concentration camp at Majdanek (where Eisenberg received permission to film), dilapidated gravestones, and their grandmother’s hometown.
—Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2024
In 1996, Wong proposed a piece about Manzanar, the site of one of the concentration camps where people of Japanese descent were imprisoned during the Second World War, which his family often drove past on their ski trips to the nearby Sierra Nevada mountains.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
Mike Houser, Cooper City An absence of outrage Eighty-six years ago, on Nov. 9, 1938, 267 synagogues were burned down and destroyed, 7,000 Jewish businesses were destroyed, and thousands of Jews were arrested in Germany and Austria and sent to concentration camps.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2024
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Vita Fellig, Sun Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
Not quite a vacation, the trip takes them to see the concentration camp at Majdanek (where Eisenberg received permission to film), dilapidated gravestones, and their grandmother’s hometown.
—Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2024
In 1996, Wong proposed a piece about Manzanar, the site of one of the concentration camps where people of Japanese descent were imprisoned during the Second World War, which his family often drove past on their ski trips to the nearby Sierra Nevada mountains.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
Mike Houser, Cooper City An absence of outrage Eighty-six years ago, on Nov. 9, 1938, 267 synagogues were burned down and destroyed, 7,000 Jewish businesses were destroyed, and thousands of Jews were arrested in Germany and Austria and sent to concentration camps.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentration camp
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Watch: The truth about Stalin’s prison camps The most influential of Stalin memorials is being raised in the minds of the young.Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
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An investigation conducted by a United Nations tribunal into the crimes committed at the prison camp led to the conviction of two top commanders at the camp and a guard for numerous crimes, including murder and torture.Greg Wehner, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2024
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Transgender people, the text states, will be sent to work camps indefinitely.Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2024
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Selly’s father escaped from a work camp and returned to Budapest.Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2024
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Those accused of disloyalty or dissent face brutal punishments, including imprisonment in labor camps, torture, or execution.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Before my parents were liberated they were imprisoned in labor camps.Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 1 July 2024
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But Stroman pitched to a 5.88 ERA over his final 16 appearances, including 15 starts, and was moved to the Yankees’ bullpen in September.Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
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While New York could still add a little bit more pitching to the bullpen, the major holes are still in the lineup.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Concentration camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentration%20camp. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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