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PEOPLE
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NELSON MANDELA
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CONCENTRATION CAMP
COMMUNISTS
SOCIAL DEMOCRATS
NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS
LABOR CAMPS
CAMP
ANARCHISTS
ANARCHIST BLACK
WAR
REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT
GENERAL AMNESTY
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE MOVEMENT
DISSIDENTS
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UNDESIRABLES
GERMANY
DETENTION
PRISONS
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  1. Political prisoners are now being held in the same camps where once so many Soviet dissidents died.
  2. Political prisoners were hauled by boat to the arctic port of Dudinka, 60 miles to the west. Move Up
  3. Many political prisoners are confined to jails in Pakistan and most other Islamic countries. (Web site) Move Up
  4. Many political prisoners were held at Mauthausen and its numerous subcamps. (Web site) Move Up
  5. German political prisoners were for example the substantional group among the first inmates of Dachau, the prototype Nazi concentration camp. Move Up

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  1. Political prisoners made up the largest category of concentration camp prisoners.

House Political Prisoners Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Located in the town of Oranienburg just outside of Berlin, Sachsenhausen opened in 1933 to house political prisoners who opposed the growing Nazi regime.

Polish Political Prisoners Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. First inmates, a group of Polish political prisoners, arrived on June 14, 1940. (Web site)

November Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. In November, Israel released 250 people, but 150 were not Palestinian political prisoners. (Web site)

Political Party Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Libya has released dozens of political prisoners, including members of the Muslim Brotherhood, a political party outlawed in Libya.

Existence Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Throughout its existence, Dachau remained a “political camp,” in which political prisoners retained a prominent role.

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  1. There have been no reports of political prisoners or politically motivated disappearances in Mali. (Web site)
  2. There were no reports of political prisoners. (Web site) Move Up

Support Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Description: Support for political prisoners including animal rights prisoners. (Web site)

Vietnam Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. By 1832, there are 10,000 political prisoners in Vietnam.

Civilians Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Tens of Kurdish political prisoners and civilians are also executed in secret and not included in the documented, reported figure. (Web site)

Liberation Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Support the liberation of political prisoners in Aotearoa.

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  1. And Cuba has held a smaller number of political prisoners as a proportion of its population than was true of the Soviet Union.

Falling Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Many political prisoners, arrested by the NKVD, were massacred in order to prevent their falling into German hands.

Revolutionaries Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The need for a solitary confinement arose as political prisoners and revolutionaries were required to be isolated from each other.

Thousands Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Starting on 19 July 1988 and lasting about five months the government systematically executed thousands of political prisoners across Iran.

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  1. The SS-TV were also instrumental in the execution of hundreds of political prisoners to prevent their liberation.
  2. According to the US Department of State 2009 human rights report there are hundreds of political prisoners in Ethiopia. (Web site) Move Up

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  1. Israel has many thousands of Palestinian political prisoners locked up in their jails.

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  1. Palestinian political prisoners remained in jail, treated to inhumane and state-sanctioned human rights violations, including torture. (Web site)

People Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The famous Wall of Death where they executed 10,000 people, all political prisoners: none Jewish. (Web site)

Protest Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Noted freedom fighter Jatin Das died in Lahore prison after fasting for 63 days in protest of British treatment of political prisoners. (Web site)

Poles Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Political prisoners (red triangle) – the majority were Poles arrested in various repressive operations or for resistance movement activity.

Nelson Mandela Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. In February 1990, the government unbanned the ANC and released Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners. (Web site)
  2. Cultural heritage includes the archaeological site of Mapungubwe, and Robben Island, for centuries a jail for political prisoners - including Nelson Mandela. Move Up

Communist Regime Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. In East Germany the communist government used prison camps to hold political prisoners, opponents of the communist regime or suspected Nazi collaborators. (Web site)

Concentration Camp Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. An unused munitions factory at Dachau, near Munich, was quickly converted into a concentration camp for political prisoners.

Communists Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Up to 1942 the majority of the political prisoners consisted of communists, later the proportion of other political prisoners increased considerably.

Social Democrats Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The first inmates were Social Democrats, Communists, and other political prisoners.
  2. Communists, social democrats and other political prisoners were forced to wear a red triangle. Move Up

Nazi Concentration Camps Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The Red inverted triangle was the badge that political prisoners in Nazi concentration camps had to wear.

Labor Camps Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. These were used as forced labor camps, and were often filled with political prisoners.

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  1. It was primarily a camp for political prisoners, German criminals, and Christian clergymen who opposed the Nazis. (Web site)
  2. Heinrich Himmler ordered the establishment of the camp on April 27, 1940, and the first transport of Polish political prisoners arrived on June 14. (Web site) Move Up

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  1. There are estimates of more than 250 arrests with specific targets of anarchists and POC. People have become political prisoners and are being held in jail.
  2. Small groups of anarchists have done what little they knew how to support political prisoners and those reeling from repression. (Web site) Move Up

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  1. Together they started the Anarchist Black Cross - since then the Black Cross has supported jailed anarchists and political prisoners all over the world. (Web site)
  2. All profits go to the Anarchist Black Cross, which helps support political prisoners and old anarchists (a good cause, sez us). (Web site) Move Up

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  1. From then until the end of the war some six million Jews and many others, including homosexuals, Slavs, and political prisoners, were systematically killed.
  2. During the war for independence (19th cent.), La Guaira's dungeons held many noted political prisoners. (Web site) Move Up

Republican Government Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Emma is alarmed by the number of political prisoners being held by the Republican government, especially anarchists & POUM members. (Web site)

General Amnesty Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. In July 1984, another general amnesty was declared, and 2 years later, the government had released nearly all political prisoners. (Web site)

Civil Disobedience Movement Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The British Government agreed to free all political prisoners, in return for the suspension of the civil disobedience movement. (Web site)
  2. The British Government agreed to set all political prisoners free in return for the suspension of the civil disobedience movement. Move Up

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  1. The press became far less controlled, and thousands of political prisoners and many dissidents were released.

Political Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Political activity ceased and political prisoners filled the jails, many of whom were later executed.

Undesirables Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of political prisoners and �undesirables� were sent to Magadan to be dispersed to labor camps mining for gold.

Germany Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The Nazis set up concentration camps within Germany, many of which were established by local authorities, to hold political prisoners and undesirables.

Detention Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Includes an essay by Emma Goldman on the detention of political prisoners by the Republican government.

Prisons Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Tali Fahima, an Israeli woman under administrative detention, joins Palestinian women and girls held in prisons as political prisoners. (Web site)

Roma Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The camp also houses Poles and Russian prisoners-of-war, political prisoners from all over Europe, and Sinti and Roma. (Web site)

Jews Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. Thousands of Jews, political prisoners, and POWs were killed there. (Web site)
  2. Auffangslager: Waiting Camp received Jews & political prisoners before their transfer to Germany. (Web site) Move Up
  3. It moved from a camp for political prisoners and a labor camp to, beginning in mid-1942, a death camp for Jews. (Web site) Move Up

Auschwitz Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. The camp at Auschwitz originally housed political prisoners from occupied Poland and from concentration camps within Germany.

Camps Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. In 1954, a year after Stalin's death, the new Soviet government of Nikita Khrushchev began to release political prisoners and close down the camps.

Torture Move Up Add phrase and link

  1. These early camps were meant to hold, torture, or kill only political prisoners, such as Communists and Social Democrats. (Web site)
  2. The torture of political prisoners by the Ministry of Public Security did not stop automatically when the interrogations were concluded. (Web site) Move Up
  3. Globocnik went to the San Sabba concentration camp, where he supervised the detention, torture and killing of political prisoners. (Web site) Move Up

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