Glossary

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  • Daily routine and organisation in the camp : Kapo

    In common usage, this term is mistakenly applied to all prisoner functionaries. In actual fact, a kapo was a prisoner responsible for supervising a specific area (work kommando, barracks, barrack room, etc.)

  • Daily routine and organisation in the camp : Kartoffelkeller

    German term meaning “Potato cellar” – At KL-Natzweiler, a workplace where prisoners were forced to build a concrete cellar to store food supplies.

  • Camp administration : KL

    Abbreviation of “Konzentrationslager”, a German term meaning “Concentration camp” – The official abbreviation of Konzentrationslager, meaning concentration camp. Also abbreviated as KZ in German-speaking countries.

  • Camp administration : Kommandantur

    Command headquarters This was the administrative office of the camp command, headed by the Lagerkommandant.

  • Daily routine and organisation in the camp : Kommando

    In the KLs, this term refers to the work unit to which each prisoner was assigned.