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Actually, a Kapo was a prisoner functionary [Funktionshäftling] at a concentration camp who was assigned to supervise other prisoners or carry out administrative tasks.
Kapos were not necessarily Jewish; the majority came from other inmate categories, in most cases criminals or political prisoners. (Although there were Jewish Kapos as well.)
The Ghetto Police was referred to as Jüdischer Ordnungsdienst [Jewish Order Service] or Jüdische Ghettopolizei [Jewish Ghetto Police].
(The colored triangles, too, were only used within the concentration camps. For Jewish prisoners, they were combined with a yellow triangle to form the Star of David.)
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