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paragraph_text: The Brothers' Home (Korean: 형제복지원; RR: Hyungje Bokjiwon) was an internment camp (officially a welfare facility) located in Busan, South Korea during the 1970s and 1980s. The facility contained 20 factories and held thousands of people who were rounded up off the street, homeless people, children, and student protesters who opposed the government. Only 10% of internees were actually homeless. The camp was home to some of the worst human rights abuses in South Korea during the period of social purification. It has been nicknamed "Korea's Auschwitz " by various Korean media outlets.
  
  The Brothers' Home (Korean: 형제복지원; RR: Hyungje Bokjiwon) was an internment camp (officially a welfare facility) located in Busan, South Korea during the 1970s and 1980s. The facility contained 20 factories and held thousands of people who were rounded up off the street, homeless people, children, and student protesters who opposed the government. Only 10% of internees were actually homeless. The camp was home to some of the worst human rights abuses in South Korea during the period of social purification. It has been nicknamed "Korea's Auschwitz " by various Korean media outlets.