one day in early April that the reality of this deception hit Langefeld. On this day, as Grete worked with the Oberaufseherin in her office, a memo came from the Gestapo office asking for ten Poles with numbers between 7000 and 10000 to present themselves nach vorn. Grete saw the memo and knew what it meant, as of course did Langefeld. A messenger fetched the women from their blocks.

