2019-10-01 BBC World Histories Magazine

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THE LONG READ

The complex

history of

concentration

camps

We must be cautious about what we label

a concentration camp – but must also

not let confusion cloud the real issues

BY DAN STONE

Migrants at a detention centre in Texas,

March 2019. In gauging if such facilities

are ‘concentration camps’, we must

explore that term’s historical meaning

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