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Reverting because we don't hide events that were wrong. Besides, this was a racist Democrat policy that was never since repeated.
'''Concentration camps''' are camps set up for persons deemed to be opponents of or threats to a government. They were most notoriously used by [[Nazi Germany]], in [[Soviet Union|Soviet Russia]], 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 [[Nazi 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,
{{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>}}