Prisoner+Identification+and+Responsibilities

**//A Nazi chart showing the different patches and// **  ** //clothing// //that identified prisoners' crimes and//  **   **//their responsibilities in the concentration camps. //** ** Within concentration camps, Nazi soldiers created a hierarchical identification system for prisoners. The system is used by giving prisoners badges and triangle patches, which identify why they are in the camp and what their responsibilities were. Inmates with a high social statuses, like political criminals and even common criminals within the camp, were often rewarded with more “desirable” positions such as leading other prisoners. The kapo(s) (work supervisors) or camp leaders held the power of life and death over other prisoners, and those socially lower had more demanding assignments like factory work, mining, and construction. These lower-class prisoners, consisting mostly of Jews, Gypsies, and homosexuals died more often from horrble rations, and unimaginably bad treatment from guards and even some kapos. **