The first use of concentration camps in history occurred during colonial conflicts in the 19th century
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Historical scholarship demonstrates that the first concentration camps emerged during colonial conflicts and imperial counter-insurgency campaigns in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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2. Origins
2019 · cited by 0
Paper [10] traces the origins of concentration camps to 19th- and early 20th-century colonial settings such as Australia, the United States, Cuba, South Africa, and German South-West Africa.
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From Early Modern Europe to Colonial Warfare
2025 · cited by 0
Paper [11] discusses the invention and emergence of concentration camps in violent imperial responses to colonial conflicts around the turn of the twentieth century in places like Cuba, the Philippines, South Africa, and German South West Africa.