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Warm & Fuzzy · 04-17-2002, 06:02 PM

Does anyone know what KAPO and LAGERKAPO means? It's suppose to be German or something...

Thanks! Jenny C.

Bootsy Whoosh · 04-18-2002, 04:35 PM

Hmmm....well I cannot tell you for sure...I looked it up on dictionary.com and also entered it into two different online translation devices and came up with nothing every time.

However....doing a search on google.com leads me to believe that it is a German word for executioner, or perhaps even more specifically, an executioner that hangs someone. It could also be a word specifically used to describe a Nazi executioner. All the references I read about referred to a "lagerkapo" as a Nazi executioner, usually hanging someone.

So I don't know for sure, but that should be close. Are you reading "Night" by any chance? I remember I think they used that word in that book. At any rate, check out google for yourself to see if you concur with what I found. Good luck!

Warm & Fuzzy · 04-18-2002, 10:27 PM

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Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh
Are you reading "Night" by any chance?

PHYSIC!

LOL

And thanks!

Liza · 04-18-2002, 10:47 PM

Okay, I looked the words up in my German dictionary, and neither one is listed. However, the verb "kapen" is "to chop" so executioner is probably a good guess. I can't find any listing of it as a German word in any of my sources, but if it's a form of slang or is from the 40s Nazi era, it may not be used any more. Hope that helps!

Von deiner Freundin, Liza. Ich liebe die Deutsche sprache!

Swimfan85 · 04-18-2002, 10:56 PM

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Originally posted by Jo's the bomb
PHYSIC! LOL

And thanks!

ive read that book before...sooooo if you have any questions feel free to ask me or go to www.bookrags.com

04-17-2002, 06:02 PM	#1
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04-18-2002, 04:35 PM	#2
Bootsy Whoosh Storms abrewin'... Senior Member Join Date: May 16, 2001 Location: The Alpha Quadrant, Sector 001 Posts: 2,104	Hmmm....well I cannot tell you for sure...I looked it up on dictionary.com and also entered it into two different online translation devices and came up with nothing every time. However....doing a search on google.com leads me to believe that it is a German word for executioner, or perhaps even more specifically, an executioner that hangs someone. It could also be a word specifically used to describe a Nazi executioner. All the references I read about referred to a "lagerkapo" as a Nazi executioner, usually hanging someone. So I don't know for sure, but that should be close. Are you reading "Night" by any chance? I remember I think they used that word in that book. At any rate, check out google for yourself to see if you concur with what I found. Good luck!
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04-18-2002, 10:47 PM	#4
Liza BestYearsofOurLives Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 24, 2001 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 6,537	Okay, I looked the words up in my German dictionary, and neither one is listed. However, the verb "kapen" is "to chop" so executioner is probably a good guess. I can't find any listing of it as a German word in any of my sources, but if it's a form of slang or is from the 40s Nazi era, it may not be used any more. Hope that helps! Von deiner Freundin, Liza. Ich liebe die Deutsche sprache!