death camp
noun
: a concentration camp in which large numbers of prisoners are systematically killed
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At Auschwitz, and at other death camps like Sobibor, Treblinka, and Belzec, 6 million Jews—2 of every 3 in Europe—were killed.
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Massimo Calabresi/dachau, TIME, 22 Feb. 2025
Turski was among a dwindling number of Holocaust survivors and spoke during observances last month marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.
—Vanessa Gera, Sun Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2025
By pandering to that fraction of voters, Kennedy risks alienating the much larger portion of Americans who might not agree with everything the CDC has done in recent years, but also don’t think that the agency’s vaccine program is comparable to a Nazi death camp, as Kennedy has claimed.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
Though it's held on the anniversary of the Soviet Red Army liberating Auschwitz, it's also meant to memorialize survivors at Nazi death camps across Europe during World War II.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025
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Massimo Calabresi/dachau, TIME, 22 Feb. 2025
Turski was among a dwindling number of Holocaust survivors and spoke during observances last month marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.
—Vanessa Gera, Sun Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2025
By pandering to that fraction of voters, Kennedy risks alienating the much larger portion of Americans who might not agree with everything the CDC has done in recent years, but also don’t think that the agency’s vaccine program is comparable to a Nazi death camp, as Kennedy has claimed.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
Though it's held on the anniversary of the Soviet Red Army liberating Auschwitz, it's also meant to memorialize survivors at Nazi death camps across Europe during World War II.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Death camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20camp. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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