concentration camp

Noun
  1. A penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions) (synset 103090225)
    is a type of: camp - a penal institution (often for forced labor)
    subtypes: death camp - a concentration camp where prisoners are likely to die or be killed
    specific 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
    same as: stockade
  2. A situation characterized by crowding and extremely harsh conditions (synset 114472158)
    is a type of: miserableness, misery, wretchedness - a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

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