extermination camp
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extermination camp
A camp that was set up during the Nazi period specifically for the systematic mass murder of people, especially Jews, Sinti and Roma, as well as other persecuted groups.
Auschwitz-Birkenau war das größte nationalsozialistische Vernichtungslager.
Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest Nazi extermination camp.
The word is made up of 'Vernichtung' (extermination/destruction) and 'Lager' (camp). 'Vernichtung' comes from the verb 'vernichten' (to destroy, to wipe out). So the meaning is literally a 'Lager zur Vernichtung' (camp for the extermination) of people.
Die systematische Vernichtung von Minderheiten war das Ziel dieser Lager.
The systematic extermination of minorities was the goal of these camps.
This term is inseparably linked to the Nazi period and the Holocaust. It is used specifically for the camps set up by the Nazis for the purpose of mass murder.
Schüler lernen im Geschichtsunterricht über die Verbrechen in den Vernichtungslagern.
Students learn in history class about the crimes committed in the extermination camps.
In historical contexts, the word is often used with certain verbs. Typical phrases are 'in ein Vernichtungslager deportiert werden' (to be deported to an extermination camp), 'aus einem Vernichtungslager befreit werden' (to be liberated from an extermination camp), or 'die Errichtung von Vernichtungslagern' (the establishment of extermination camps).
Millionen Menschen wurden in die Vernichtungslager deportiert.
Millions of people were deported to the extermination camps.
