Social differentiation in the German concentration camps

This articles describes the social stratification of the concentration camps, the reasons for this and the influence of this on the patterns of community life. The priviliged were made up of criminals and politicals and were rarely Jewish. Most of them obtained this position as a result of wealth derived from trading in the camp or brutality. The author concludes that it was the interplay between the groups of political and criminal prisoners that was the major factor in shaping the social position of the priviliged.