The death camps seem easier to comprehend if we put them all into the basket of one vast generalization, which the term "death camps" implies, but in the process we mythologize or trivialize them.

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In the category of death camps, we’re talking about places like Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Sobibor. These places are difficult to comprehend because the horror of them is expressed in this general term. They seem easier to comprehend if we put them all into the basket of one vast generalization, which the term "death camps" implies. In doing so, we mythologize or trivialize them. That’s a mistake.

Source: Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered

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