By Harcharan Singh
A Kapo was a prisoner who worked inside German Nazi concentration camps during World War II in certain lower administrative positions (prisoner functionary). The German word also means "foreman" and "non-commissioned officer", and is derived from French for "Corporal" (fr:Caporal) or the Italian word capo'. Kapos received more privileges than normal prisoners, towards whom they were often brutal. They were often convicts who were offered this work in exchange for a reduced sentence or parole.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapo_(concentration_camp)
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