labour camp

• Ein Gefängnis oder Haftort, an dem Häftlinge zu schwerer körperlicher Arbeit gezwungen werden, oft unter harten Bedingungen, meist verbunden mit politischer Verfolgung oder Internierung im Krieg.

A prison or detention facility where inmates are forced to perform hard physical labor, often under harsh conditions, typically associated with political repression or wartime internment.

1. Forced work facilityC1formal

   A prison-like facility where inmates are forced to perform hard labor, often under harsh conditions.

   Arbeitslager

   • Many political prisoners were sent to labour camps during the regime.
   • The conditions in the labour camp were brutal and inhumane.
   • Historians study the records of labour camps to understand past atrocities.