Concentration camps were prison-like facilities used by Nazi Germany during World War II to imprison and exterminate millions of people, primarily Jews, but also including other marginalized groups such as Romani people, disabled individuals, homosexuals, and political dissidents. The camps were characterized by harsh living conditions, forced labor, and systematic brutality, leading to the deaths of millions of people through starvation, disease, exhaustion, and mass murder in gas chambers. These camps were a key component of the Holocaust, the genocide of six million Jews and millions of other innocent victims.
