Quote Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr View Post
I have only ever seen it called a concentration camp, even in academic literature. Maybe your own definiton is not the norm?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwi...entration_camp
First paragraph. Even the Germans made the distinction. Auschwitz proper and Auschwitz-Monowitz were work/concentration camps (Konzentrationslager), Auschwitz-Birkenau was the extermination (Vernichtungslager) camp.