▁getting ▁them ▁assigned ▁to ▁l ighter ▁work . ▁On ▁occasion , ▁to ▁get ▁them ▁removed ▁from ▁transport ▁lists ▁or ▁even ▁get ▁them ▁new ▁ident ities ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁protect ▁them ▁from ▁per sec ution . ▁This ▁assistance ▁was ▁generally ▁limited ▁to ▁the ▁prisoners ▁in ▁the ▁function ary ' s ▁own ▁group ▁( f ellow ▁citiz en ▁or ▁political ▁com rade ). ▁The ▁prisoner ▁function aries ▁were ▁in ▁a ▁prec ari ous ▁hierarchy ▁between ▁their ▁fellow ▁in m ates ▁and ▁the ▁SS . ▁This ▁situation ▁was ▁intention ally ▁created , ▁as ▁revealed ▁in ▁a ▁speech ▁by ▁Him ml er . ▁ ▁" The ▁moment ▁he ▁becomes ▁a ▁Kap o , ▁he ▁no ▁longer ▁sle eps ▁with ▁them . ▁He ▁is ▁held ▁account able ▁for ▁the ▁performance ▁of ▁the ▁work , ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁clean , ▁that ▁the ▁b eds ▁are ▁well - built . ▁[...] ▁So , ▁he ▁must ▁drive ▁his ▁men . ▁The ▁moment ▁we ▁become ▁diss atisf ied ▁with ▁him , ▁he ▁is ▁no ▁longer ▁Kap o , ▁he ' s ▁back ▁to ▁sleep ing ▁with ▁his ▁men . ▁And ▁he ▁knows ▁that ▁he ▁will ▁be ▁be aten ▁to ▁death ▁by ▁them ▁the ▁first ▁night ." — He in rich ▁Him ml er , ▁June ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 1 9 4 4 ▁ ▁In ▁National ▁Social ist ▁ra cial ▁ide ology , ▁some ▁races ▁were ▁" super ior " ▁and ▁others ▁" in fer ior ". ▁Similarly , ▁the ▁SS ▁had ▁ra cial ▁criteria ▁for ▁the ▁prisoner ▁function aries ,