noun
extermination camp; death camp
Historical term for Nazi camps designed for systematic mass murder, especially during the Holocaust.
アウシュビッツは絶滅収容所として知られている。
Auschwitz is known as an extermination camp.
強制収容所 is a broader term for concentration camps, which may include forced labor and imprisonment, while 絶滅収容所 specifically refers to camps built for mass extermination.
Compound of 絶滅 (extinction, extermination) and 収容所 (camp, detention facility). The term is a direct translation of the English 'extermination camp' and is used in historical contexts.