/zon"deuhr keuh man'doh/ ; Ger. /zawn"deuhrdd kaw mahn"daw/ , n. (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. Cf. Kapo .
[ sonder- separate, special + Kommando detachment, mission, command commando; see COMMAND, COMMANDO ]