How were kapos like the camp administration, and how were they like the other prisoners? Use details from the memoir to support your answer.

The Kapos are in charge of the blocks. They each have a certain group of prisoners that they are to keep in line. Elie Wiesel and his father are first chosen by the Kapo in charge of the orchestra block. In this leadership role, the Kapos are very much like other prisoners. During the hanging, Wiesel even describes the Kapos as "bureaucrats in the service of death" (67). In this way, Wiesel is putting some blame on the Kapos for the horrors that happen in camp. The Kapos are also like other prisoners. They are not respected by the SS officers or any Nazi soldier. The Kapos are subject to selection just like the rest of the prisoners. Wiesel describes what happens during the selection when he says, "The first to go were the "notables" of the block, the Stubenalteste, the Kapos, the foremen, all of whom were in perfect physical condition, of course! Then came the ordinary prisoners' turns" (72). In this scene, the prisoners are going through a selection including the Kapos because they are prisoners.