02-24-2013, 01:49 PM
I don't know whether "Man of Confidence" is an english expression or only a translation of the german word Vertrauensmann which is quiet common not only for POW camps. The MOC was elected by his comrades to represent them to the camp commandant. I found some children of MOC in the Internet looking for information:
http://forum.weihenstephan.org/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=161
http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/prisoners-war/42705-stalag-iva-man-confidence.html
and a book "Man of Confidence : The Story of an American Ex-Prisoner of World War II":
http://www.amazon.ca/Vertrauensmann-Confidence-Story-American-Ex-Prisoner/dp/0944957471
Christoph