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[[File:Camp-government-Japanese-Americans-California-baggage-inhabitants-1942.jpg|thumb|right|300px|An American concentration camp holding Japanese-Americans during World War II.]] | |||
A '''concentration camp''' is a generally brutal type of camp that has inmates that are generally persecuted. Most are either because of race, ethnicity, or sexuality. Just as many will be put in a concentration camp due to not following a government rule or being a prisoner of war (POW). Sometimes they are also known as '''labor camps''', '''internment camps''', or '''prison camps'''. | A '''concentration camp''' is a generally brutal type of camp that has inmates that are generally persecuted. Most are either because of race, ethnicity, or sexuality. Just as many will be put in a concentration camp due to not following a government rule or being a prisoner of war (POW). Sometimes they are also known as '''labor camps''', '''internment camps''', or '''prison camps'''. | ||