The administrative and residential zone (Wohnlager) covered the north-western part of the camp[42]. It was intersected by a street running from the main gate, which was named Kurt Seidel Straße in honour of the oldest member of the German crew. Right behind the gate, opposite each other, stood the guardhouse and the commandant's office building with the commandant's apartment. Next to the commandant's office, on the eastern side of Kurt Seidel Straße, stood the "service building" of the German crew, which housed a bunker, a sick bay, and offices: a dentist's and a hairdresser's. Further south, there was a barracks for Polish and Ukrainian women who worked as cleaners and maids. On the other side of the street, there were two large barracks, which housed the quarters of German SS men and their dining room. In time, a connecting passage was built between them, in which a warehouse with weapons and ammunition was located[45][46][47]. Near the commandant's office, a side street branched off Kurt Seidel Straße to the east. It led to the guards' barracks, which were named "Max Biala Barracks" in honor of an SS man from the camp crew who was killed by a prisoner in September 1942. The complex consisted of five barracks. They housed living quarters, a dining room with a kitchen and a pantry, and medical and hairdressing offices. Near the barracks was the "Zoo". It was a place for the crew to relax, and its name came from the fact that forest animals were kept there: a roe deer, foxes, pigeons, and two peacocks[43]. Near the "Zoo" stood a sorting office for valuables, where the so-called Goldjuden ("golden Jews") worked[48].
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