Definitions

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  • noun A camp (such as a labour camp or concentration camp) that makes up part of a larger camp or complex.

Etymologies

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sub- +‎ camp

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Examples

  • However, I do know from the knife that he helped liberate a subcamp of Dachau called Allach.

    A Little Bit of History 2008

  • Write to Laura Meckler at laura. meckler@wsj.com Corrections & Amplifications During World War II, President Barack Obama's great-uncle helped liberate a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp called Ohrdruf.

    Obama, in Germany, Pledges Progress on Israel 2009

  • During World War II, President Barack Obama's great-uncle helped liberate a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp called Ohrdruf.

    Corrections & Amplifications 2009

  • In fact his great uncle helped liberate Ohrdruf, one of the first camps to be liberated, it was in Germany, it's a subcamp of Buchenwald, his uncle a part of the regiment that went in and freed that particular work camp.

    CNN Transcript May 27, 2008 2008

  • What the Barack Obama campaign is saying, he made a mistake here, that it was his great uncle and that, in fact, he was there for the liberation of camp Ohrdruf, which was a subcamp of Buchenwald.

    CNN Transcript May 27, 2008 2008

  • Louis Zaks, who had been in concentration camps since 1941, was working in the coal mines of the Jaworzno subcamp when the Soviets approached; he declared his own emancipation a day early by refusing to go to work, which in normal times wouldhave meant a bullet in the head.

    The Last Days Of Auschwitz 2008

  • Hewas marched to another subcamp, Blechhammer, where he ran off and hid in a coal pile.

    The Last Days Of Auschwitz 2008

  • He did have a great uncle who was part of the liberation force that went into a subcamp of Burkenwald, so -- Buchenwald -- sorry.

    CNN Transcript May 27, 2008 2008

  • Burton said in the statement that Obama's great uncle served in the 89th Infantry Division that entered Germany in 1945 and on April 4 overran Ohrdruf, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp.

    Daimnation!: The wrong camp 2008

  • Count me in the other camp I'm hoping I'll be in the subcamp of people who like it AND with whom you share tastes.

    Funny and scary Tripp 2008

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