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Categories: Prisoner-of-war camps, All articles with vague or ambiguous time, Internments, Imprisonment and detention, All articles needing additional references

prison camp internment camp prisoner of war camp POW camp prisoner-of-war camp

A camp for prisoners of war WordNet 3.0

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A camp for prisoners of war WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A prisoner-of-war camp is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured by a belligerent power in time of war. Wikipedia

Site for the containment of combatants captured by their enemy in time of war Wikidata

A governmental euphemism for a concentration camp, especially a non-Nazi one from before or during WWII; a detention center; a relocation camp. Wiktionary

Euphemism. Wiktionary (translation)

A camp in which either prisoners of war or political prisoners are interned. Wiktionary

Camp for prisoners. Wiktionary (translation)

A camp in which prisoners of war are interned. Wiktionary

Historical references describe the camps as internment camps, although others favor the name relocation camps. Others, more critical of this action, refer to them as detention camps or concentration camps. Wiktionary

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