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The Spanish Reconcentration policy was a plan implemented by general Valeriano Weyler to relocate Cuba's rural population into concentration camps. The policy was originally developed by the Captaincy General of Cuba Arsenio Martínez Campos as a way to separate rebels from the rural populace who occasionally fed and sheltered them. Under the policy, rural Cubans had eight days to relocate to designated camps in fortified towns, all who failed to obey were to be shot. Housing in camps was often decaying, food was scarce, and disease quickly spread through the camps. By 1898, a third of Cuba's population had been moved into camps and over 400,000 Cubans died due to their subjected conditions. The policy is remembered as the first time in history modern concentration camps were constructed.

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  • La reconcentración fue un método y una política utilizada por el general Valeriano Weyler adoptada a partir del 16 de febrero de 1896 para aniquilar militarmente el levantamiento independentista cubano de 1895. Consistía en aglomerar de manera forzosa a los campesinos en poblados cercados, con el fin de aislar a los insurrectos de su medio natural evitando que pudieran recibir ayudas. La medida creó una situación compleja al no poder suministrar alimentos a estas poblaciones con graves condiciones de insalubridad que experimentaron hambrunas y epidemias, tanto en los soldados españoles como en la población civil, volviéndola altamente impopular. La medida vio su fin en noviembre del año siguiente con la sustitución de Weyler por el general Ramón Blanco y Erenas quién llegó con la concesión de la autonomía para intentar restaurar el daño ocasionado.​ El historiador John Lawrence Tone caracteriza la política de reconcentración como genocida.​ (es)
  • La politique espagnole de reconcentration mise en œuvre à Cuba entre 1896 et 1898 par le général espagnol Valeriano Weyler consiste à rassembler la population rurale de Cuba dans des camps de concentration dans le but de réprimer la résistance anticoloniale cubaine. Les camps de concentration ainsi créés seraient les premiers de l'Histoire. Le concept avait été inventé peu de temps auparavant par le prédécesseur de Weyler, le capitaine général de Cuba Arsenio Martínez Campos mais c'est Weler qui l'a traduit dans les faits. Arsenio Martínez Campos pensait venir à bout du soulèvement cubain en séparant les rebelles et la population rurale qui les nourrissait, les abritait occasionnellement. 400 000 Cubains ont été déportés ou internés, dont 100 000 sont morts des suites de la politique de reconcentration, qui a duré deux ans. (fr)
  • The Spanish Reconcentration policy was a plan implemented by general Valeriano Weyler to relocate Cuba's rural population into concentration camps. The policy was originally developed by the Captaincy General of Cuba Arsenio Martínez Campos as a way to separate rebels from the rural populace who occasionally fed and sheltered them. Under the policy, rural Cubans had eight days to relocate to designated camps in fortified towns, all who failed to obey were to be shot. Housing in camps was often decaying, food was scarce, and disease quickly spread through the camps. By 1898, a third of Cuba's population had been moved into camps and over 400,000 Cubans died due to their subjected conditions. The policy is remembered as the first time in history modern concentration camps were constructed. (en)
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  • Victims of the reconcentration policy (en)
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  • The Spanish Reconcentration policy was a plan implemented by general Valeriano Weyler to relocate Cuba's rural population into concentration camps. The policy was originally developed by the Captaincy General of Cuba Arsenio Martínez Campos as a way to separate rebels from the rural populace who occasionally fed and sheltered them. Under the policy, rural Cubans had eight days to relocate to designated camps in fortified towns, all who failed to obey were to be shot. Housing in camps was often decaying, food was scarce, and disease quickly spread through the camps. By 1898, a third of Cuba's population had been moved into camps and over 400,000 Cubans died due to their subjected conditions. The policy is remembered as the first time in history modern concentration camps were constructed. (en)
  • La reconcentración fue un método y una política utilizada por el general Valeriano Weyler adoptada a partir del 16 de febrero de 1896 para aniquilar militarmente el levantamiento independentista cubano de 1895. Consistía en aglomerar de manera forzosa a los campesinos en poblados cercados, con el fin de aislar a los insurrectos de su medio natural evitando que pudieran recibir ayudas. La medida creó una situación compleja al no poder suministrar alimentos a estas poblaciones con graves condiciones de insalubridad que experimentaron hambrunas y epidemias, tanto en los soldados españoles como en la población civil, volviéndola altamente impopular. La medida vio su fin en noviembre del año siguiente con la sustitución de Weyler por el general Ramón Blanco y Erenas quién llegó con la concesión (es)
  • La politique espagnole de reconcentration mise en œuvre à Cuba entre 1896 et 1898 par le général espagnol Valeriano Weyler consiste à rassembler la population rurale de Cuba dans des camps de concentration dans le but de réprimer la résistance anticoloniale cubaine. Les camps de concentration ainsi créés seraient les premiers de l'Histoire. Le concept avait été inventé peu de temps auparavant par le prédécesseur de Weyler, le capitaine général de Cuba Arsenio Martínez Campos mais c'est Weler qui l'a traduit dans les faits. Arsenio Martínez Campos pensait venir à bout du soulèvement cubain en séparant les rebelles et la population rurale qui les nourrissait, les abritait occasionnellement. 400 000 Cubains ont été déportés ou internés, dont 100 000 sont morts des suites de la politique de re (fr)
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  • Reconcentration policy (en)
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