Sonderkommando

[zon-der-kuh-man-doh; German zawn-duh r-kaw-mahn-daw]

noun (in World War II Nazi concentration camps)

a group of prisoners assigned to collect belongings and dispose of the bodies of other prisoners who had died or been killed.

Compare Kapo.

Origin of Sonderkommando

< German: special detachment, equivalent to sonder- separate, special + Kommando detachment, mission, command < Italian commando; see command, commando

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Contemporary Examples of sonderkommando

Despite the controversy, Sonderkommando Revolt is not, in fact, the first time a game designer has taken on the Holocaust.
Brenda Brathwaite: Holocaust Game Designer
Ben Crair
December 13, 2010
Train shares almost nothing in common with Sonderkommando Revolt besides its subject.
Brenda Brathwaite: Holocaust Game Designer
Ben Crair
December 13, 2010