While the prisoners were still beaten on a daily basis and the Muselmänner were still exterminated, from early 1943 on some of the factory workers were allowed to receive food parcels from their families (mostly Poles and Frenchmen).
Hoci väzňov aj naďalej denne bili a muzulmanov naďalej vyhladzovali, od začiatku 1943 povolili niektorým továrenským robotníkom prijímať od ich rodín (najčastejšie Poliakov a Francúzov) potravinové balíky.