Synonyms for death camp


Grammar : Noun


Définition of death camp

Origin :
  • 1944, in reference to the Nazis, probably translating German Todeslager; they also were known as extermination camps (German Vernichtungslager); historians usually count six of them: Auschwitz-Birkenau, CheÅ‚mno, Bełżec, Majdanek, Sobibór, Treblinka.
  • noun concentration camp where prisoners are systematically killed
Example sentences :
  • He took the path he had previously traversed, and came upon the Death Camp late in the afternoon.
  • Extract from : « Sanders of the River » by Edgar Wallace
  • I had changed my clothes at the death camp that I might have a neat clean shroud if I died.
  • Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin
  • No word came of Woodhull, or of two others who could not be identified as among the victims at the death camp.
  • Extract from : « The Covered Wagon » by Emerson Hough
  • From a high sandy crest I turned a farewell glance at the death camp.
  • Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin

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