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| − | '''Concentration camps''' are camps set up for persons deemed to be opponents or threats to a government. They were most notoriously used by [[National Socialist Germany]], in the [[Soviet Union|Soviet Russia]], World War Two era [[United States]] and Dutch controlled [[South Africa]]. The term "concentration camp" was coined by Soviet Communist Party General Secreary [[Vladimir Lenin]] in a 9 August 1918 letter in which he stated, | + | '''Concentration camps''' are camps set up for persons deemed to be opponents or threats to a government. They were most notoriously used by [[National Socialist Germany]], in the [[Soviet Union|Soviet Russia]], World War Two era [[United States]] and British controlled [[South Africa]]. They are currently being used today by [[China]] against the Uighurs. The term "concentration camp" was coined by Soviet Communist Party General Secreary [[Vladimir Lenin]] in a 9 August 1918 letter in which he stated, |
| | {{Cquote|It is essential to organise a reinforced guard of reliable persons to carry out mass terror against [[kulaks]], priests and White Guardists; unreliable elements should be locked up in a concentration camp outside the town" <ref>Geoffrey Hosking, A History of the Soviet Union, 1992, p. 71.</ref>}} | | {{Cquote|It is essential to organise a reinforced guard of reliable persons to carry out mass terror against [[kulaks]], priests and White Guardists; unreliable elements should be locked up in a concentration camp outside the town" <ref>Geoffrey Hosking, A History of the Soviet Union, 1992, p. 71.</ref>}} |
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| | *Anne Applebaum, [http://www.anneapplebaum.com/gulag/intro.html ''GULAG: A History'',] retrieved from annapplebaum.com 20/05/07. | | *Anne Applebaum, [http://www.anneapplebaum.com/gulag/intro.html ''GULAG: A History'',] retrieved from annapplebaum.com 20/05/07. |
| | *Dmitri Volkogonov, [http://www.frontpagemag.com/GoPostal/commentdetail.asp?ID=16972&commentID=507436 Lenin: A New Biography-The First Account Using All the Secret Soviet Archives, pages 233-234]. | | *Dmitri Volkogonov, [http://www.frontpagemag.com/GoPostal/commentdetail.asp?ID=16972&commentID=507436 Lenin: A New Biography-The First Account Using All the Secret Soviet Archives, pages 233-234]. |
| − | | + | *[https://beboslegion.substack.com/p/concentration-camps-in-ukraine Concentration camps in Ukraine] |
| | [[Category:World War II]] | | [[Category:World War II]] |
| | [[Category:Genocide]] | | [[Category:Genocide]] |
| | [[Category:National Socialist Concentration Camps]] | | [[Category:National Socialist Concentration Camps]] |