Sunday, August 23, 2009

How do Wiesel and the prisoners resist the Kommandos in Night?

It's
important to get the wording right here. In death camps such as Auschwitz, Sonderkommandos were
work units composed of Jewish prisoners who were forced by the Nazis to aid with the disposal of
gas chamber victims. Kapos, on the other hand, were Jewish prisoners in charge of
Sonderkommados. They were also given responsibility by the Germans for...

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