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I need any information about Kapos that anyone can give me.  I am writing an essay and dont have enough information.

Briefly, Kapos were Jewish concentration camp inmates who were chosen by the SS to serve as police over other Jews. Visit these sites for more detailed information:

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/kapos.html

http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~sfranco/kapo.html

http://husaria.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/njdc-national-judenrat-democratic-capos-kapos/

http://www.enotes.com/night-wiesel/q-and-a/how-did-kapos-come-into-power-24657