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The Kapos (Capos) were chosen by the SS guards. The prisoners had no say in the matter.

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they would prefer violent criminals (green triangle) or political prisoners (red triangle).

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Q: Who became kapos in the holocaust?
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Were the Holocaust prisoners friendly to each other?

That varied a lot. A few prisoners became Kapos and were abominably cruel to the prisoners that they supervised. It is worth mentioning that many of the homosexuals who perished were by killed by other prisoners.


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Technically, the Nazis, SS, Ukrainians, and Hungarians carried out the task. Some Jews, called kapos were also collaborators.


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it became the event that everything was related to.


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