A kapo (German: Kapo) was one of the prisoner functionaries (German: Funktionshäftlinge), a prisoner in a Nazi camp who was assigned by the SS guards to supervise forced labor or carry …

Apr 29, 2025 · In the Nazi concentration camps, the term Kapo was first used at Dachau from which it spread to the other camps. Regardless of the origin, Kapos played a vital role in the …

Dec 9, 2024 · Kapos are the best known type of prisoner functionary. They oversaw prisoners on work details. They often whipped, beat, and even killed prisoners under their command. Some …

Nov 23, 2019 · Gruenbaum was accused of one of the worst possible crimes a Jew in 1940s Europe could commit: being a kapo. Coming from the German or Italian words for “head,” …

Kapo: Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. With Susan Strasberg, Laurent Terzieff, Emmanuelle Riva, Didi Perego. A young Jewish girl leads an escape attempt from a concentration camp.

Known as Kapos, these trustees carried out the will of the Nazi camp commandants and guards, and were often as brutal as their SS counterparts. Some of these Kapos were Jewish, and …

A Kapo was a concentration camp inmate who was given privileges for supervising prisoner work gangs.

Nov 29, 2022 · My great-uncle Charles had been a kapo in Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi extermination camp, where close to a million Jews from all over Europe were murdered.

May 20, 2021 · Imprisoned in concentration camps, Kapos were enemies and victims of the Nazis; they were Jewish inmates who were forced by the Nazis to serve as “stand-in” guards. …

A kapo or prisoner functionary was a special type of prisoner in the Nazi concentration camps during The Holocaust. Kapos were chosen by the Schutzstaffel (SS) camp guards to help run …