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In reply to the discussion: We now have concentration camps in this country. [View all]DBoon
(24,080 posts)57. The term "concentration camp" predates the Nazis by decades
It originated in theSpanish-Cuban war of the late 19th century and in currrent common use includes many cases besides Nazi Germany:
A concentration camp is a prison or other facility used for the internment of political prisoners or politically targeted demographics, such as members of national or ethnic minority groups, on the grounds of national security, or for exploitation or punishment.[1]
Prominent examples of historic concentration camps include the British confinement of non-combatants during the Second Boer War, the internment of Japanese, German, and Italian Americans during the Second World War, the Nazi concentration camps (which later morphed into extermination camps), and the Soviet labour camps or gulag.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_camp
Note that concentration camps are distinguished from extermination camps. Not all concentration camps involve deliberate mass murder of their prisoners. The Holocaust is not the only example of a concentration camps.
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Not all of the Nazi concentration camps were death camps where people were gassed and then cremated.
wnylib
Jun 30
#37
That would be a subset of concentration camps that were termed "extermination" camps.
harumph
Jun 30
#5
Sadly SCOTUS allowed the USA to have concentration camps during WWII when the Japanese were incarcerated.
Jacson6
Jun 30
#2
For some reason I thought they were in a building. Tents in alligator country is a death sentence
Maraya1969
Jun 30
#6
Some of us see it clearly right now. Others don't want to believe it, perhaps. Some would be content
wnylib
Jun 30
#46
Seriously? Any solid confirmation? It's not out of the realm of possibility of course but that's a whole new level of
LymphocyteLover
Jun 30
#20
Dems parse words and meanings and get stuck in nuance - Republicans use simple
NoMoreRepugs
Jun 30
#49
and yet there are countless reports of people being held "temporarily" for months
drray23
Jun 30
#53
It's not the first time in American History, but we thought the Japanese internment camps
msfiddlestix
Jul 2
#65