{"product_id":"nazi-concentration-camp-overseers-sonderkommandos-kapos-trawniki-9781526799951","title":"Nazi Concentration Camp Overseers: Sonderkommandos, Kapos \u0026 Trawniki","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ian Baxter\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Pen \u0026amp; Sword Military\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Pen \u0026amp; Sword Military\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Modern - 20th Century - Holocaust\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvides a shocking insight into the widespread use of 'overseers' by the Nazis' concentration network written by a leading contributor to the Images of War series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Nazis' vast concentration camp network and, later, the 'Final Solution' programme made heavy demands on the SS whose responsibility it was. The use of 'overseers' minimised costs and enabled the camps to run with fewer SS personnel. As this well researched book describes, there were three principal groups of 'helpers' Sonderkommandos, Kapos and Trawniki.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Sonderkommandos' duties included unloading Jews from trains, collecting their possessions and allocating work details. Under SS supervision, they also ran the gas chambers and crematoria.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Kapos oversaw the Sonderkommandos. Many were originally prisoner functionaries recruited from violent criminal gangs and had a well-deserved reputation for brutality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe third group, known as Trawniki or Trawnikimänner, were Central and Eastern European collaborators recruited from Russian POW camps. While some served in a military capacity, others played an instrumental role in the Holocaust programme, rounding up and transporting Jews from the ghettos to the concentration camps.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe graphic images and text of this Images of War series work demonstrate that the 'overseer' system was extensive and effective as its members competed without scruple to maintain the favour of their SS masters while pitting victim against victim.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pen \u0026 Sword Military","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45299242107031,"sku":"9781526799951","price":1327.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781526799951.webp?v=1769285299","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/nazi-concentration-camp-overseers-sonderkommandos-kapos-trawniki-9781526799951","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}