Stammlager

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Etymology[edit]

From Stamm (stem, trunk”, and hence “origin, root, center) +‎ Lager (camp).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtamˌlaːɡɐ/
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Noun[edit]

Stammlager n (strong, genitive Stammlagers, plural Stammlager or Stammläger)

  1. (historical) main or central camp; the administrative center of a complex of camps and/or places of forced labour (originally used of prisoner-of-war camps, later also – and now especially – of concentration camps)
    In den Stammlagern wurden die Kriegsgefangenen registriert und auf die Betriebe verteilt.
    In the main camps, the prisoners of war were registered and distributed to the places of labour.
    Das Stammlager Auschwitz I diente als Verwaltungszentrum des gesamten Auschwitz-Lagerkomplexes.
    Auschwitz I, the main camp, served as the administrative centre of the whole Auschwitz camp complex.

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