Kommando Term Analysis

...enough to be worth preserving their life. Each man is assigned to work in a Kommando, usually comprised of 50 to 150 laborers, each governed by a Kapo. Unskilled Kommandos are... (full context)

...first few days, after being moved from hut to hut, Levi is assigned to a Kommando and to sleep in Block 30. His first night of sleep is fitful, and when... (full context)

...is dangerous in itself, since one is put randomly into a new block and new Kommando where they are unaware of the rules, customs, the inclinations of the Kapo. Every unknown... (full context)

...kind and courteous, and Levi appreciates his company when they are assigned to the same Kommando. The Kapo accompanies his Kommando to the worksite, hands them off to a civilian supervisor,... (full context)

The Kommando’s “organizer” (the man who finds or bargains for additional food, tools, and supplies) has managed... (full context)

...will eventually become one. When L. is appointed as the technical lead of the chemical Kommando, he uses his position to efficiently suppress any younger man who seems like he may... (full context)

Three months into Levi’s internment, the Chemical Kommando is formed. Fifteen Häftlinge, including Levi and Alberto, are assigned to it. Although it was... (full context)

As the men of the Chemical Kommando are working, Jean arrives. Jean is a teenager, the Kommando’s messenger-clerk, which is itself quite... (full context)

The rain of November becomes winter snow, and the workers of the chemical Kommando think only of how wrong they were to hope their lives would improve in a... (full context)