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Is a concentration camp the same thing as the Holocaust?

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No. A very large part of the Holocaust was carried out in concentration camps - or to be more precise, in extermination camps. but an even larger part was carried out elsewhere, for example, in mass, open-air shootings. Please see the related questions.

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