Talk:Labor camp

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Kwertii: I hope you understand my deletion of a large piece or yours. As it stood, it belonged to the extermination camp article. I am going to detail the system of Nazi labor camps. I will not forget to mention high death rate (or you will surely add after me). Mikkalai 02:27, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] israel labor camps?

i deleted a claim about israel labor camps, which was based on a single source: [1]. this source doesn't seem too credible. given the incredible scrutiny devoted to everything israel-related, if these events really occurred, there is certainly a more credible source out there; if not, they shouldn't be mentioned. Benwing 00:25, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reference to sentences for Europeans in Caribbean camps

  • "Some European penal deportees were also sentenced to serve in Caribbean labour camps, but strict racial segreation meant they only served sentences of 5-10 years"

I am a bit puzzled by this sentence. The link between racial segregation and the length of the sentence is unclear.

Also, I don't think the statement is accurate - there are numerous examples of Europeans (particularly the crews of enemy privateers) who were informally sentenced to lifetime servitude in Caribbean labor camps after being captured preying on Spanish shipping. I grant that lifetime servitude tended not to be that long given the death rate, but the point remains.

Can anyone shed some light on the meaning of the sentence? If not, I'll edit it in a few days and we'll see what people think of that version instead. Jeendan 21:44, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

I have reworded the sentence in the absence of any comments to the contrary. A small amount of research pints to two main groups of European prisoners - captured sailors during the Elizabethan era, and the ongoing use of penal settlements by the French stretching well into the 20th century (and popularised by the Papillon autobiography by deportee Henri Charierre). Sentences for Elizabethan sailors tended to be indefinite, but most died within 5 years. Sentencing for French deportees appear to have ranged from 5 years to life, with most at the 'life' end.
If I find the time I'll do some more research on this, and clean up this top ection of the article a little while I'm at it. Any collaborators would be appreciated, as always. Jeendan 07:21, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
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