English-Latvian translations for concentration camp

• koncentrācijas nometne
  Karš, koncentrācijas nometnes, genocīds - nekad vairs! War, concentration camps, genocide - never again!
  Nesen laikrakstā Die Welt bija rakstīts, ka Majdaneka bija Polijas koncentrācijas nometne. Recently, Die Welt wrote that Majdanek was a Polish concentration camp.
  Viņš gandrīz piebilda, ka koncentrācijas nometnes tika izveidotas, lai atrisinātu šo jautājumu. He very nearly added that concentration camps were being set up to resolve the issue.

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

Related words

• concentrated
• concentrate
• concentrates
• concentration
• preconcentration
• deconcentration
• cryoconcentration
• cryoconcentrate
• reconcentrate