Talk:Kapo

message: Wow, what is going on here? First there is no word "Lagerkapo" in the German language. This part of the article is just wrong. 
But Kameradschaftspolizist and therefore Kapo is very likely. That form of abbreviation was also used in Kapitänleutnant as Kaleu for the rank in the German navy during the second world war.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:8109:9540:2604:342B:E8C8:980A:BBE5 (talk) 18:24, 10 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree (native German speaker). There is no word "Lagercapo" in use in German. This sentence should be deleted. If such a term occurs in some source, it was probably formed after "Kapo" was in widespread use - the "Lagerkapo" ("k", not "c") is the kapo of the camp (=Lager).
This guy says the name comes from Kamppolizei. --Gbleem 08:41, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

text: I'd like to know his sources...--Willem Huberts 09:48, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Bullshit. German for Camp is 'Lager', not 'Kamp'. `'mikkanarxi 03:36, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

text: I seriously doubt Nazis would allow an Italian word. Despite being allies, they despised Italians. mikkanarxi 03:36, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  It is of Italian origin, but was used in the slang of South German craftspeople. In a quick search I found it in a job offer for a Vorarbeiter. --84.153.60.215 (talk) 17:28, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

text: Primo Levi wrote in one of his books about the war that it came from Kamaredenpolizei. I'd say that's a pretty good source, since he experienced the horror first-hand. --Mamour 16:49, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I doubt in a Lager he was taught etymology. - Altenmann >t 19:00, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

text: I always heard that it came from a mafia "rank".  See Capodecina.  138.162.128.53 (talk) 13:56, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Nope. It is Italian "head". - Altenmann >t 19:00, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

text: Oddly, the Yiddish word for "head" has not been suggested: "קאָפּ" / "kop". Jyg (talk) 22:02, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology 

message: I know that kapo is used to describe self-haters, or alleged self-haters, but is the best evidence of that one personal blog, as at the end of the lede currently? I think we should come up with a better citation.BobFromBrockley (talk) 11:29, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I fail to see how this ref say something about self-haters. The mentioned comparison comes closer to the idea of "renegade", or "race traitor". - 7-bubёn >t 16:51, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

text: Within the Jewish community, the term is typically associated with "collaborator" or torturer of his own ilk, not self-hater.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.148.122.108 (talk) 12:59, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Self-haters 

message: The caption for the Hans Wolf image describes him as a "capo". Is this correct, or should it be changed to "kapo" for consistency? --OGoncho (talk) 23:30, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kapo or capo? 

message: Merged with the larger article Prisoner functionary. A discussion of the merge can be found on that article's talk page. Dionysodorus (talk) 23:32, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 

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message: While I appreciate that Kapo (concentration camp) is unsatisfactorary because there were also kapos in extermination camps, the current name (Kapo (Holocaust)) is no better, because there were kapos in concentration camps before the war and the "Holocaust" started in 1941 (also it's debateable whether all of the concentration camps can be encompassed in the "Holocaust", depending on the definition you use). However, it seems to me based on Google searches that this is likely the primary topic for the term and if no one objects I will carry out that move. (t · c) buidhe 20:10, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I see your point about "Holocaust" being inaccurate, but is your suggestion to move the article back to "concentration camp"? I think it would be best to come up with a more satisfactory parenthetical (maybe "Nazi Germany"?) but I won't quibble if you wanna move it back. Botterweg14 (talk) 21:04, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I was suggesting moving this article to Kapo and Kapo -> Kapo (disambiguation). (t · c) buidhe 21:15, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, I see! Yes, that definitely sounds like the best solution. Botterweg14 (talk) 21:54, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation 

message: The two articles (this one and Prisoner functionary seem to cover exactly the same subject, therefore I propose their merger. The discussion is located on the the talk page of the other article. Szmenderowiecki (talk) 19:13, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger from Prisoner functionary 

message: I would recommend linking Eugen Țurcanu and Pitești Prison under the "See also" section.  Between 1949 and 1951, Turcanu, an inmate himself, formed a group of inmates at Pitești Prison to obtain information and police the ideological beliefs of the prison population, using torture and deadly force.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8080:5101:6A00:1C6D:F9BE:77E1:568C (talk) 18:17, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Eugen Țurcanu]] 

message: it is kind of a pov phrasing "used for those deemed insufficiently supportive of Israel". I have only seen the term used for Jewish pro-palestinians or anti-zionists
"used for anti-zionists Jews" would be more accurate. MoshiachNow (talk) 06:14, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  zionism