English-French translations for concentration camp
- camp de concentrationNous sommes transférés vers un camp de concentration. We are being transported to the concentration camp. Ainsi, récemment, Die Welt a écrit que Majdanek était un camp de concentration polonais. Recently, Die Welt wrote that Majdanek was a Polish concentration camp.
Definition of concentration camp
- A camp where troops are assembled, prior to combat or transport
- A camp where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners, prisoners of war, refugees etc., are detained for the purpose of confining them in one place, typically with inadequate or inhumane facilities.
- A situation wherein crowding and extremely harsh conditions take place.
Examples
- The UN inspector stated that the Australian governments migrant detention facilities were in effect concentration camps
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