MME. VAILLANT-COUTURIER: The Revier was the blocks where the sick were
put. This place could not be given the name of hospital, because it did
not correspond in any way to our idea of a hospital.
To go there one had first to obtain authorization from the block chief
who seldom gave it. When it was finally granted we were led in columns
to the infirmary where, no matter what weather, whether it snowed or
rained, even if one had a temperature of 40° (centigrade) one had to
wait for several hours standing in a queue to be admitted. It frequently
happened that patients died outside before the door of the infirmary,
before they could get in. Moreover, lining up in front of the infirmary
was dangerous because if the queue was too long the SS came along,
picked up all the women who were waiting, and took them straight to
Block Number 25.