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It is generally accepted that the British, during the Boer War in South Africa, came up with the first use of the words "concentration camp". At the time, the Boers were conducting what was a guerrilla war, and they had the active support of their families and friends - who gave them food and shelter. The British Army rounded up these families, put them into huge camps, and burned their houses and farms. The British are said to have initiated the idea during the Boer War in South Africa c 1899

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