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Concentration camps

Scope note

Designates internment centers established outside ordinary detention systems in which persons are confined for military or political security or for punishment or exploitation; persons are generally imprisoned by decree or military order, often including classes or groups of people without regard for their individual culpability. EB1473

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000277

Broader Terms used

<detention complexes>

Equivalent Terms used

concentration camp

Created

13yrs ago

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