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Kapo
A kapo was a type of prisoner functionary () at Nazi concentration and extermination camps. They were, whether voluntary or coerced, collaborators who worked under the Schutzstaffel (SS) to carry out administrative tasks or supervise the forced labour of inmates. Given authority over their fellow prisoners, they would often enjoy comparatively better conditions at the camps, such as increased food rations and less physical brutality from SS guards. Due to their privileged status and actions, kapos were highly resented and were frequently lynched by other prisoners when the camps were liberated

Kapò
1960 Italian film directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
Alma Rosé
Austrian musician (1906–1944)
Carmen Mory
Swiss-Nazi German spy and kapo (1906-1947)
Vera Salvequart
Czech concentration camp personnel (1919–1947)
Otto Küsel
German concentration camp survivor (1909-1984)
Erich Zoddel
(1913-1945)
Emil Mahl
German Nazi concentration camp prisoner, kapo at Dachau concentration camp and convicted war criminal (1899-1967)
Yakov Kozalchik
Polish-Israeli professional wrestler (1902 – 1953)