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A Kapo was a prisoner who was placed in charge of other prisoners.

Itwas a method used to mean that the guards needed to do less to keep control/discipline of the prisoners, if the kapo did not do a good enough job, then he was replaced.

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A prisoner who was overlooking other prisoners, simply put.

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