REFORM SCHOOLS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

reform schools

noun

plural of reform school

as in training schools

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Man’s Search for Meaning chronicles Frankl’s experience as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps.

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By 1941, Thyssen tried to flee from the Nazis, but was caught and sent to the Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps.

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