I have never heard of a concentration camp where the inmates were free to simply walk home if they desire.
Absolutely. They came by choice, are getting fed pretty good meals, and medical care. Don't like? Walk your ass back home. No one is stopping you
How dare you compare these people to what the Jews went through. It's insulting to Jews. They aren't being tortured, beaten, starved to death, having medical experiments being performed on them or even straight up attempted genocide.
Japanese went through our own concentration camps that were not very pleasant. But to compare these people and their experiences to a concentration camp is ludicrous at best
What you are referring to is the death camps which started well after concentration camps had been established. It actually dates back to the Boer War and what the English did.
If we really want to talk about whats insulting, maybe inaccurately representing history isnt the best way to go about it.
They are in fact Concentration Camps as defined by the Nationals Holocaust Museum, so I guess its not all that insulting.
Started as concentration camps, with no intention of anyone getting out alive. Death camp wasn't catchy enough for an initial name title. Only for a heavy metal band possibly
The first Concentration Camp was started in 1933. They wouldnt start the first organized killings until 1939. You dont know enough about this subject to be having the discussion.
That's funny because actually I do. I did extensive writing and research regarding the Nuremberg Trials, the individuals involved and how the concentration camps came to be in the first place.
But it's cool; keep trying to vehemently defend your stance over the usage of a word.
Then you know Im right that the Nazis started Concentration Camps in 1933 and Hitler actually offered people the chance to leave in 1938 before the mass killings started in 1939.
If you actually researched what you say, you would know this and understand that the term Concentration Camp is entirely appropriate. ---