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concentration camp
" I didn't equate a POW camp with a concentration camp."
Larry Hovis

Meaning of "concentration camp" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CONCENTRATION CAMP

concentration camp


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONCENTRATION CAMP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Concentration camp is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONCENTRATION CAMP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Internment

Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people, commonly in large groups, without trial. The Oxford English Dictionary gives the meaning as: "The action of 'interning'; confinement within the limits of a country or place." Most modern usage is about individuals, and there is a distinction between internment, which is being confined usually for preventive or political reasons, and imprisonment, which is being closely confined as a punishment for crime. Internment also refers to the practice of neutral countries in time of war in detaining belligerent armed forces and equipment in their territories under the Hague Convention of 1907. Early civilizations such as Assyria used forced resettlement of populations as a means of controlling territory, but it was not until much later in the late 19th and 20th centuries that records exist of groups of civilian non-combatants being concentrated into large prison camps. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights restricts the use of internment. Article 9 states that "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile."...

Definition of concentration camp in the English dictionary

The definition of concentration camp in the dictionary is a guarded prison camp in which nonmilitary prisoners are held, esp one of those in Nazi Germany in which millions were exterminated.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONCENTRATION CAMP

concelebrant · concelebrate · concelebration · concent · concenter · concentrate · concentrated · concentratedly · concentration · concentration span · concentrative · concentratively · concentrativeness · concentrator · concentre · concentric · concentrical · concentrically · concentricity · concentus

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONCENTRATION CAMP

base camp · boot camp · break camp · camp · fat camp · health camp · high camp · holiday camp · internment camp · labour camp · nudist camp · POW camp · prison camp · refugee camp · rest camp · Scout camp · summer camp · tennis camp · training camp · transit camp · work camp

Synonyms and antonyms of concentration camp in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «concentration camp» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONCENTRATION CAMP

Find out the translation of concentration camp to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of concentration camp from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «concentration camp» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

集中营
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

campo de concentración
570 millions of speakers
en

English

concentration camp
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

एकाग्रता शिविर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

معسكر اعتقال
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Концентрационный лагерь
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

campo de concentração
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ঘনত্ব শিবির
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

camp de concentration
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kem tahanan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Konzentrationslager
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

強制収容所
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

수용소
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Kamp konsentrasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trại tập trung
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சித்திரவதை முகாம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

एकाग्रता शिबिर
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

toplama kampı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

campo di concentramento
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

obóz koncentracyjny
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

концентраційний табір
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

lagăr de concentrare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στρατόπεδο συγκέντρωσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

konsentrasiekamp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

koncentrationsläger
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

konsentrasjonsleir
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of concentration camp

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONCENTRATION CAMP»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of concentration camp
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «concentration camp».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about concentration camp

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4 QUOTES WITH «CONCENTRATION CAMP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word concentration camp.
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Larry Hovis
I didn't equate a POW camp with a concentration camp.
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M.I.A.
My giving birth was nothing when I think about all the people in Sri Lanka that have to give birth in a concentration camp.
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John Boyd Orr
The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret police and the concentration camp.
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Jean-Paul Sartre
I do not believe in God; his existence has been disproved by Science. But in the concentration camp, I learned to believe in men.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONCENTRATION CAMP»

Discover the use of concentration camp in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to concentration camp and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Legacies of Dachau: The Uses and Abuses of a Concentration ...
A unified interpretation of the historical, political and remembered culture of Dachau concentration camp, first published in 2001.
Harold Marcuse, 2001
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The Jewish Women of Ravensbruck Concentration Camp
Reclaiming the lost voices of the victims and the personal accounts of the survivors, here is the story of daily camp life with the women's thoughts about food, friendships, fear of sexual abuse, hygiene issues, slave labor, resistance, and ...
Rochelle G. Saidel, 2006
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At the Edge of the Abyss: A Concentration Camp Diary, 1943-1944
Finalist for 2012 National Jewish Book Award in the Holocaust category During his time in the Vught concentration camp, the 21-year-old David recorded on an almost daily basis his observations, thoughts, and feelings.
David Koker, Robert Jan Pelt, 2012
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Helga's Diary: A Young Girl's Account of Life in a ...
'Anne Frank's diary finished when her family was rounded up for the camps: in Helga's Diary, we have a child's record of life inside the extermination factories.
Helga Weiss, 2013
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Belsen: The Liberation of a Concentration Camp
The military and medical liberation and British government and British population response to the disclosure of what occurred at Belsen.
Joanne Reilly, 1998
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My hometown concentration camp: a survivor's account of life ...
My Hometown Concentration Camp tells the story of the young Bernard Offen's endurance and survival of the Krakw Ghetto and five concentration camps, including Plaszw and Auschwitz-Birkenau, until his liberation near Dachau by American ...
Bernard Offen, Norman G. Jacobs, 2008
7
St. Georgen - Gusen - Mauthausen: Concentration Camp ...
This study discusses the Mauthausen concentration camp complex, with facilities in St. Georgen and Gusen, Austria.
Rudolf A. Haunschmied, Jan-Ruth Mills, Siegi Witzany-Durda, 2007
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I Never Saw Another Butterfly
Fifteen thousand children under the age of fifteen passed through the Terezin Concentration Camp. Fewer than 100 survived.
Hana Volavková, 1994
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Man's Search for Meaning
Beacon Press, the original English-language publisher of Man's Search for Meaning, is issuing this new paperback edition with a new Foreword, biographical Afterword, jacket, price, and classroom materials to reach new generations of readers ...
Viktor Emil Frankl, 2006
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The Order of Terror: The Concentration Camp
By the end of this book, Sofsky shows that the German concentration camp system cannot be seen as a temporary lapse into barbarism.
Wolfgang Sofsky, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONCENTRATION CAMP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term concentration camp is used in the context of the following news items.
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Review: From Holocaust survivor to Medal of Honor recipient
After surviving the Holocaust and a year in a notorious Nazi concentration camp, Tibor Rubin fought as a U.S. Army infantryman in Korea, ... «Sentinel & Enterprise, Jul 15»
2
Oskar Groening trial: Prosecutors seek jail for Auschwitz …
Oskar Groening, 94, was deployed at the Nazi concentration camp between 1942 and 1944. He was reportedly tasked with taking jewellery, ... «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»
3
Dick Cheney should — and eventually will — be tried as a war …
... in those so-called black holes should appear before the ICC,” said Buergenthal, who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp as a boy. «Raw Story, Jul 15»
4
US rabbi seeks to ban Shoah-denial items from Amazon
... at Dachau crematorium. 'This is a real slap in the face for concentration camp survivors and relatives of victims,' says German politician. «Ynetnews, Jul 15»
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Google Unit Apologizes For 'Ingress' Nazi Concentration Camps
"We strongly object to parts of the Dachau concentration camp being chosen as locations for the video game Ingress," said Thomas. «Tech Times, Jul 15»
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Secret Chinese Concentration Camp Revealed
A State Department official had no specific comment on the concentration camp allegation, but referred to the State Department's March 8 ... «The Epoch Times, Jul 15»
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North Texas Holocaust Survivor Returns To Concentration Camp
It's been 70 years since Jack Repp of Dallas was liberated from Dachau concentration camp as a Nazi prisoner. (Published Friday, Jul 3, 2015). «NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Jul 15»
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Google sorry for concentration-camp gaffe
Google sorry for concentration-camp gaffe ... Pleul / The Associated Press files The Nazi concentration camp Sachsenhausen was one of the. «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 15»
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Google-owned Niantic labs apologise for Nazi concentration camp
A Google-owned company has apologised after players of a online augmented reality game battled over control of former Nazi death camps ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Google has removed Nazi concentration camps found in Ingress
Approved locations are typically historical landmarks; something a Nazi concentration camp is, but they're not suitable for inclusion in a game. «The Next Web, Jul 15»
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