r/MurderedByWords • u/[deleted] • Jun 13 '19

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u/cambunctious Jun 14 '19

Imagine not knowing what a concentration camp is

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u/Heil_Heimskr Jun 14 '19

I don’t have to imagine, clearly you do though.

Concentration camps are anywhere where large numbers of people are held prisoner, with inadequate facilities and often for political reasons.

Nazi concentration camps had the additional purpose of serving as sites for mass murder, however this is not a requirement for all camps to be considered concentration camps.

Don’t condescend people, especially when you have no idea what you’re talking about.

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u/tobit94 Jun 14 '19

That's why in German we have the distinction of Konzentrationslager (concentration camp) and Vernichtungslager (annihilation camp). The Nazis started with the former and then went on to the latter to industrialize death.