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unusual facts about sick bay



Revier

A revier (abbreviated from German Krankenrevier, or "sick bay", "dispensary") in the language of Nazi camps was a barrack for sick concentration camp inmates.


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Herwig van Staa

His father, who came from the Rhine area, worked as a technician in the steelworks in Linz and died in a sick bay in 1943 after military action on the Eastern Front.

Sparkwell Naval Camp

The Naval camp consisted of 20 Nissen-type huts for the soldiers' living quarters, a NAAFI (Navy, Army and Air Force Institute) canteen which was also used as a cinema and sometimes a dance hall as well as a sick bay with a morgue.