BALACHOWSKY: Absolutely. Even after his conviction, tanned and tattooed
skins were still seen.
M. DUBOST: Will you tell us now what visits were made to the camp by
German officials, and who these officials were?
BALACHOWSKY: Contacts between the outside—that is German civilians and
even German soldiers—and the interior of the camp were made possible by
departures and furloughs that some political prisoners were able to
obtain from the SS in order to spend some time with their families; and,
vice versa, there were visits to the camp by members of the Wehrmacht.
In Block 50 we had a visit of Luftwaffe cadets. These Luftwaffe cadets,
members of the regular German armed forces, passed through the camp and
were able to see practically everything that went on there.