Cerca
Percorso: USC Shoah Foundation Institute Thesaurus
Descrittore
Termine preferito
prigionieri, politici CercaNota d'ambito
Used for discussions of prisoners incarcerated because of their political affiliations/opinions. (en-US)
Definizione
Political prisoners are persons incarcerated before and during World War II because they were regarded as political opponents of the Nazis and their Allies. Also, in the context of the Soviet Union, political prisoners were persons incarcerated before, during, and after World War II because they were regarded as opponents of the political and/or socialist order of the Soviet Union. (en-US)