Life in Nazi Camps   Answers 

"Felicie is in charge of our barracks. Her "place in the sun" gets her quite a bit of extra bread and jam, but it makes her very tense, nervous. She arrives two hours before roll call, counts and recounts us 25 times and yet she still gets it wrong. So the Germans slap her, in front of us, and she slaps us, in return." 

Ana Novac was a Jewish writer who was sent to Auschwitz in 1944. Here she recalls the role of the kapo responsible for her barracks.

1.  What can we learn about the lives of kapos from this source? 

2. What can we learn about the relationship between the kaposand the guards?  

3. Questa fonte implica che  Felicie  è felice nel suo ruolo?  (Does this source imply that Felicie is happy in his role?)