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"The construction of concentration camps was inspired by a similar policy developed by British colonies during the South African War" (the Second Boer War, 1899 – 1902).
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To show willingness to use violence and terror, the Nazi regime created concentration camps often situated in suburbs of major cities. The first of these camps was opened at Dachau, near Munich in Bavaria, in March 1933.

Eight years later, the aim of the extermination camps was genocide: to murder and annihilate Jews and Roma. Chełmno was the first extermination camp to be established in December 1941. The Nazi regime decided to locate all six extermination camps in Poland.

More: https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/the-camps/types-of-camps/

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On 10 October 1868, sugar mill owner Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and his followers proclaimed Cuba's independence from Spain, triggering a war. Spanish forces detained civilians in concentration camps in order to more easily combat guerrilla forces.

During the Philippine–American War (1899 – 1902) the U.S. carried out scorched earth campaigns and forcibly relocated many civilians to concentration camps, where thousands died.

"In the 1880s, Germany claimed a southwest section of Africa, today known as Namibia, with a land mass more than twice the size of Germany. They took over the territory with brutal force, confiscating land, poisoning water wells, and stealing livestock.
"Continuously subjected to systematic sexual and physical violence by colonists, a local tribe called Herero rebelled in 1904, later joined by the Nama.
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Une "structure génocidaire [à] trois moments :
• D’abord, les colons, rompant leur contrat avec les Hereros, les dépossèdent de portions toujours plus importantes de leur territoire, commettent contre eux des violences, et les déshumanisent en les comparant à des animaux.
• Puis, une révolte se produit, les Hereros assassinent plus d’une centaine de colons lors d’une attaque surprise.
• Enfin, l’armée allemande intervient, le général qui la commande annonce qu’il veut « annihiler » la nation herero, massacre une partie de la population et refoule le reste dans le désert en lui imposant un blocus qui fait mourir de faim et de soif plusieurs dizaines de milliers d’hommes, de femmes et d’enfants."

Didier #Fassin : https://aoc.media/opinion/2023/11/13/ne-pas-renoncer-a-penser-reponse-a-bruno-karsenti-et-al/

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