Konzentrationslager

The German word Konzentrationslager (abbreviated KZ) is a literal translation of the English term, concentration camp.

Related Topics:
German - English - Concentration camp

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Like in English, a Konzentrationslager is per definition to distinguish from refugee camps, from detention camps for POWs, and from camps for convicted criminals, although in Nazi Germany some camps called Konzentrationslager actually served these purposes — all of them connected with severe human rights abuses.

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Refugee camp - POW - Nazi Germany - Human rights abuse

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In German language, the term Konzentrationslager often includes the extermination camps founded in the 1940s for the purpose of genocide with industrial efficiency, in which estimated 3-4 million people, most of them Jews, lost their lives.

Related Topics:
Extermination camp - Genocide - Jew

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See further: concentration camp.

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