To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1142720 ) 6/18/2019 8:05:53 PM From: Wharf Rat Read Replies (1) | Respond to Some camps just concentrate people; extermination isn't part of the job description. edit ] American Heritage Dictionary defines the term concentration camp as: "A camp where persons are confined, usually without hearings and typically under harsh conditions, often as a result of their membership in a group the government has identified as dangerous or undesirable." [7] [8] the English term concentration camp was first used in order to refer to the reconcentrados (reconcentration camps) set up by the Spanish military in Cuba during the Ten Years' War (1868–78). [9] The term saw wider use around the Second Boer War (1899–1902), when the British operated such camps in South Africa for interning Boers . [9] [10] Nazi concentration camps (1933–45). The Nazi concentration camp system was extensive, with as many as 15,000 camps [11] and at least 715,000 simultaneous internees. [12] The total number of casualties in these camps is difficult to determine, but the deliberate policy of extermination through labor in many of the camps was designed to ensure that the inmates would die of starvation, untreated disease and summary executions within set periods of time. [13] Moreover, Nazi Germany established six extermination camps , specifically designed to kill millions, primarily by gassing . [14] [15] [4] en.wikipedia.org
