Post war social and the kapo

[mccoyxyz]

From what I have seen of fictional characters who are WW2 survivors, they seem to get a lot of social choice. It's only if you're in a place that is fairly devoid of Jews that you might be stuck hanging around with friends you'd considerable undesirable back in prewar European days.
Anywhere there is any size of Jewish population, you soon find out people with similar tastes in politics, religious practice, entertainment and so forth.
And while everyone has stuff they'd prefer not to talk about (and don't), overall they don't live a daily sense of dread it'll be found out.
The former kapos seem to be the exception to this rule, adopting one of two strategies:
1) live quietly alone in an area where there are few Jews; or
2) invent an elaborate cover story to disguise where they really were. This latter path is sort of fraught with danger, as any new arrival can blow the whistle on a kapo they recognize.

Now I've been around several of these sites and I've never seen a person who admits to being a former kapo. Law of averages, you'd expect to see at least one or two.
I wonder, have any of you ever met a person who admits to being a pastlife kapo (or by parallel, a past life member of a ghetto Judenrat)?

[Laurasia]

Hi McCoy.

You're right. I've yet to come across anyone who has openly admitted to having been a member of the Judenrat or a kapo. I would think that much of that has to do with a sense of guilt though...of having betrayed their own people. Even though that guilt would be displaced (they were simply trying to survive in the best way that they knew how like the rest of us afterall), I'm sure that it, along with fear of being scorned by former victims, would be a major issue for such souls.

Sincerely,
Laurasia

[Miss Bothmann]

I have never come across one either. I think Laurasia hit it on the head...the grief and remorse would probably hold people back from wanting to speak of it.