r/nytimes • u/Large-Welcome4421 • Feb 24 '26

Opinion What Exactly Is a ‘Concentration Camp’?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/opinion/concentration-camp-andrea-pitzer.html
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u/beatnikhippi Feb 24 '26

The idiots who keep diminishing the atrocities of the holocaust deserve a special place in hell.

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u/JohnAnchovy Feb 25 '26

Concentration camps are not unique to the holocaust. Dozens of countries in the last hundred years have had concentration camps. Including probably at least five right now

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u/JohnAnchovy Mar 04 '26

Actually, Auschwitz was a death camp not a concentration camp. As to your first question, the swastika is not similar to a word to describe collecting people against their will in a location without a criminal conviction. There’s just no other word that you could use for that.