British and concentration camps?

[Reid1986]

It wouldn't surprise me if Hitler drew inspiration from the British concentration camps but he definitely took it steps further than what occurred in the First World War. Concentration camps were traditionally a method to intern POWs and political enemies and this is what the Nazi camps began as. Heinrich and Himmler (among others) only really started initiating the extermination policies within Nazi camps when the war was turning and supplies were running thin. It's still no excuse but I think that's an important aspect to note.

[jasmor58]

INTERNMENT CAMPS.
An internment camp is a large detention centre for political prisoners, enemy aliens etc., especially in time of war. The term is used for facilities where selected inmates are selected by some generalised criteria rather than being detained after the due process of law. The Geneva Convention provides for the protection of civilians during time of war, in the hands of an enemy, or under occupation by a foreign power. Prisoner of war camps are internment camps intended for the specific holding of an enemy's armed forces as defined in the Geneva Convention.

CONCENTRATION CAMP.

Is a guarded compound for the detention or imprisonment of aliens , political opponents etc. It has been suggested that the earliest use of concentration camps was in Poland in the 18th centuary during the Bar Confederation Rebellion, when the Russian Empire established 3 concentration camps for Polish rebel civilians awaiting deportation to Siberia. Also in the 1830's the US Government created
camps for the resettlement of the native american indian.
The term concentration camp became popular during the Boer war when the British used them in South Africa. 45 camps were built for Boer intenees and 64 for black Africans.

In the 20th centuary arbitary internment of civillians reached a climax with the Nazi Death Camps or Extermination camps. As a result the term carries many of the connotations , and is often used synonymously.
So it might not be a British invention.
Jasmor58