Nazi concentration camps

found: Dan Stone. Concentration Camps : A short history, 2017:p. 123 (The crucial characteristic of a concentration camp is not whether it has barbed wire, fences, or watchtowers; it is, rather the gathering of civilians, defined by a regime as de facto 'enemies', in order to hold them against their will without charge in a place where the rule of law has been suspended. Interment camps for political prisoners and detention centres for asylum seekers are places where those inside are held against their will but not places, at least in theory, where the law does not apply--although it might well be bent somewhat.) p. 128 (What is so striking about this state of affairs is the extent to which the Nazi camps stand in for all camps.)

found: USHMM Holocaust encyclopedia, April 16, 2021:concentration camp (The term concentration camp refers to a camp in which people are detained or confined, usually under harsh conditions without regard to legal norms of arrest and imprisonment that are acceptable in a constitutional democracy; Nazi concentration camps served three main purposes: to incarcerate people whom the regime perceived as a security threat; to eliminate people and targeted groups of people by murder, away from the public and judicial review; and to exploit forced labor)