Nazi concentration camps

Definition

Nazi concentration camps were places of detention and brutal labor established by the Nazis during World War II where millions of people, primarily Jews but also other groups deemed undesirable, were imprisoned and murdered.

Analogy

Imagine being locked in a school with no escape, forced to do hard labor without proper food or rest, and constantly living under threat. That's what life was like in Nazi concentration camps.

Related terms

Auschwitz-Birkenau: Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest of the Nazi concentration and extermination camps where over a million people were murdered.

Ghetto: In the context of World War II, ghettos were parts of cities where Jews were forcibly confined before being transported to concentration camps.

Holocaust/Shoah: Holocaust/Shoah refer to the genocide carried out by Nazi Germany during World War II which resulted in the death of six million Jews. The existence and operation of Nazi concentration camps played a major role in this genocide.