Kapo
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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 to carry out administ
Carmen Mory, Swiss Nazi German spy and kapo in Ravensbrück
Josef Kilian, kapo and defendant in the Dora trial
John Demjanjuk
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John Demjanjuk, was a Trawniki and guard at Sobibor extermination camp, Majdanek, and Flossenbürg. Demjanjuk became the center of global media attention in the 1980s, when he was tried and convicted i
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…The Nazis and Nazi Collaborators (Punishment) Law of the State of Israel, passed in 1950, most famously used to prosecute Adolf Eichmann in 1961 and Ivan Demjanjuk in 1986, was originally introduced with the principal aim of prosecuting Jewish people who collaborated with the Nazis. Between 1951 and 1964, approximately…
Demjanjuk in his Trawniki card, 1940s
Demjanjuk trial opens at the Jerusalem District Court on 26 November 1986
Judges Dov Levin and Dalia Dorner review evidence during the trial, 23 February 1987
Demjanjuk speaking with his attorney Mark O'Connor on 16 February 1987