NOUN | artifact | concentration camp, stockade | a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined / confined (usually under harsh conditions) |
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state | concentration camp | a situation characterized by crowding / crowding and extremely harsh conditions |
Meaning | A penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined / confined (usually under harsh conditions). | |
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Synonym | stockade | |
Instances | Auschwitz | A Nazi concentration camp for Jews in southwestern Poland during World War II |
Belsen | A Nazi concentration camp for Jews created in northwestern Germany during World War II | |
Buchenwald | A Nazi concentration camp for Jews in World War II that was located in central Germany | |
Dachau | A concentration camp for Jews created by the Nazis near Munich in southern Germany | |
Narrower | death camp | A concentration camp where prisoners are likely to die or be killed |
Broader | camp | A penal institution (often for forced labor) |
Spanish | campo de concentración | |
Catalan | camp de concentració |
Meaning | A situation characterized by crowding / crowding and extremely harsh conditions. | |
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Broader | misery, wretchedness, miserableness | A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune |
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