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'''Concentration camp'''s were camps the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Nazi Germany]] set up for persons deemed to be opponents or threats to the regime. Concentration camps were also used in the Boer War by the British. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term concentration camp was first used in the English language in 1901:
'''Concentration camp'''s were camps the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Nazi Germany]] set up for persons deemed to be opponents or threats to the regime. Concentration camps were also used in the Boer War by the British. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term concentration camp was first used in the English language in 1901:
1901 J. ELLIS in Hansard's Parl. Deb. Ser. IV. XC. 180 The policy of placing the women and children confined in the concentration camps in South Africa, whose husbands and fathers are in the field, on reduced rations.
1901 J. ELLIS in Hansard's Parl. Deb. Ser. IV. XC. 180 "The policy of placing the women and children confined in the concentration camps in South Africa, whose husbands and fathers are in the field, on reduced rations."