death camp
noun
: a concentration camp in which large numbers of prisoners are systematically killed
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Musk—intentionally or otherwise—had compared Soros, a Holocaust survivor, to a fictional character known to have escaped a Nazi death camp after losing every member of his family.
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Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
The Nazis put pen to paper and planned out the segregation, deportation, and extermination of Europe’s entire Jewish population in factory-like death camps.
—Lana Melman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2024
Regulators crack down on company selling detailed location data
Elon Musk to attend event near Auschwitz death camp, Jewish group says
Bill Belichick will have second interview with Atlanta Falcons
Veterans Affairs launched a suicide help program.
—Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
In September and again in July 2024, artworks by Egon Schiele were returned by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum, a Jewish cabaret performer and art patron who was arrested in Germany in 1938 and died in the Dachau death camp.
—Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
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Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
The Nazis put pen to paper and planned out the segregation, deportation, and extermination of Europe’s entire Jewish population in factory-like death camps.
—Lana Melman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2024
Regulators crack down on company selling detailed location data
Elon Musk to attend event near Auschwitz death camp, Jewish group says
Bill Belichick will have second interview with Atlanta Falcons
Veterans Affairs launched a suicide help program.
—Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
In September and again in July 2024, artworks by Egon Schiele were returned by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum, a Jewish cabaret performer and art patron who was arrested in Germany in 1938 and died in the Dachau death camp.
—Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Death camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20camp. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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