MedborgarskapskursenGlossary · Chapter 10: Sweden's modern history
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Swedish word. In English: concentration camp
The Nazis' camps where prisoners were held, forced to work and murdered.
Facts about the word
- Raoul Wallenberg's protective passports showed that the Jews were under Swedish protection and could not be sent to concentration camps. Sverige i fokus s. 35
- At the end of the Second World War the Red Cross rescued thousands of Jews from the German concentration camps. Sverige i fokus s. 35
- Those rescued were driven across the border to Sweden in white buses. Sverige i fokus s. 35
Page references are to UHR's study material Sverige i fokus.
Try the word in a sentence
Only one of the sentences uses the word correctly. Which one?
The concentration camps were the Nazis' camps where prisoners were held, forced to work and murdered. Those rescued were taken from there to Sweden.
The word belongs to Chapter 10: Sweden's modern history in Sverige i fokus, with the full context and practice questions.