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  • 21Moringen concentration camp — Three concentration camps operated in succession in Moringen, Lower Saxony, from April 1933 to April 1945.[1] KZ Moringen, established in the centre of the town on site of former 19th century workhouses (German: Landeswerkhäuser), originally… …

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  • 22Displaced persons camp — A displaced persons camp or DP camp is a temporary facility for displaced persons coerced into forced migration. The term is mainly used for camps established after World War II in West Germany and in Austria, as well as in the United Kingdom,… …

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  • 23Reeducation camp — (trại học tập cải tạo) is the official name given to the prison camps operated by the government of Vietnam following the end of the Vietnam War. In such reeducation camps , the government imprisoned several hundred thousand former military… …

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  • 24Flossenburg Concentration Camp —    The German town of Flossenburg is located in Bavaria and borders on the Czech Republic in the east. During World War II, the Flossenburg concentration camp was located here. Built in May 1938 by the Schutzstaffel (SS) Economic Administrative… …

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  • 25internment camp — noun a camp for prisoners of war • Syn: ↑prison camp, ↑prisoner of war camp, ↑POW camp • Hypernyms: ↑camp • Hyponyms: ↑gulag * * * a prison camp for the confinement of enemy aliens, prisoners of war, political prisoner …

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  • 26Espeland concentration camp — was established in Arna, Norway, now a part of Bergen, by the Nazi authorities of occupied Norway in the summer of 1943. It was largely built by slave labor from the other concentration camp near Bergen, Ulven concentration camp. All prisoners… …

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  • 27prison camp — n: a camp for the confinement of reasonably trustworthy prisoners usu. employed on government projects Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 28prison camp — pris′on camp n. 1) cvb a camp for the confinement of prisoners of war or political prisoners 2) cvb a camp for less dangerous prisoners assigned to outdoor work, usu. for the government • Etymology: 1905–10 …

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  • 29prison camp — noun Date: 1864 1. a camp for the confinement of reasonably trustworthy prisoners usually employed on government projects 2. a camp for prisoners of war or political prisoners …

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  • 30prison camp — 1. a camp for the confinement of prisoners of war or political prisoners. 2. a camp for less dangerous prisoners assigned to outdoor work, usually for the government. [1905 10] * * * …

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