Each was given a number. It was tattooed on the inside of the forearm.
Prisoners at Flossenburg wore what prisoners in other concentration camps wore; striped uniforms.
Kapo n - In a Concentration Camp a Prison, usually a criminal is put in charge of a work group or other prisoners.
yes
The Jews did slave work in the concentration camp. The slave work was building tanks and weapons that he was killing other people with.
A Kapo (sometimes spelled Capo) was a trusted prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp. Kapos were given various privileges and had to supervise other prisoners, maintain discipline, distribute food and so on. Many abused their power, of course, and ill-treated the other prisoners ... A Kapo was not a soldier and had no standing outside the camp.
In the Auschwitz group of camps (which by 1943 included 45 subcamps) prisoners used as labourers were tattoed, whether Jews or non-Jews). So this would have included the non-Jewish Polish prisoners. At other camps, the prisoners were generally not tattooed.
In "Night" by Elie Wiesel, the first group to beat Elie and the other new prisoners are the kapos, who are fellow prisoners given authority by the Nazis. They often resort to brutal tactics to assert their power over the newcomers, inflicting physical violence and psychological torment. This initial encounter highlights the dehumanization experienced in the concentration camps and sets the tone for the harrowing experiences that follow.
Jews <><><> Also political prisoners, homosexuals, trade unionists, gypsies, and members of other religious organizations.
In Auschwitz and in Dachau
Dachau was the first Nazi Concentration camp. It was first just used for political prisoners but as time went on more people were put into the camp. Dachau was the model for the other concentration camps that came later. Inside Dachau prisoners were medically experimented on and they had to do forced labor which sometimes killed them.
Dachau concentration camp, established in 1933, held tens of thousands of prisoners at its peak. At various times during its operation, the number of inmates fluctuated significantly, reaching around 30,000 to 35,000 prisoners by 1945. The camp was primarily used for political prisoners, Jews, and other groups deemed undesirable by the Nazi regime. Overall, over 200,000 individuals were imprisoned at Dachau throughout its existence.
Eliezer and the other prisoners mourn Akiba Drumer's death briefly, then focus on their own survival. They continue to endure the harsh conditions of the concentration camp, trying to avoid the same fate as Akiba.