The figure of the „Kapo” is a frequent theme in testimonies of survivors of the Nazi concentration camps and the Holocaust. The proposed presention will ask in which way “Kapos” are presented in oral history interviews with survivors. It will furthermore ask, how different national and/or social groups of survivors talk about the “Kapos” (i.a. Jewish/non-Jewish, male/female, long-term/short-term inmates etc.). It will explore if and how the representation of “Kapos” in interviews recorded since the 1990s has changed in comparison to the early post-war testimonies. Finally, it will ask if different and changing political environments resp. memory politics influenced the narration of survivors.