transit camp

noun

chiefly British
: a place for refugees to stay for a short period of time

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While there, Lassally’s sister went to school with Anne Frank, and he, his mother and sister were imprisoned in the Westerbork transit camp and later in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 July 2026 But an index card from The Jewish Council in Amsterdam shows that Wolfgang, just 19, was sent to the Westerbork transit camp. — Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026 After two weeks, Malaysian authorities transferred the refugees to a transit camp, where the United Nations provided basic rations. — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jan. 2026 Those who did heed their call-up orders were deported to the Westerbork transit camp in the eastern part of the Netherlands and then to the Auschwitz death camp, where nearly all were killed. — Time, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for transit camp

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