Memoirs of A. Dereszinski, born in Slonim, Poland, 1903, regarding the fate of the Jews of Kostopol Occupation of Kostopol by the German Army, 28 June 1941; life under the German occupation including robbery of Jewish property; abusive acts, rape and murder of Jews; murder of 500 men on orders from Kreishauptmann Leonard; murder of approximately 1,300 women and children on orders from Kreishauptmann Leonard; establishment of ghettos in the Kostopol area, including Stefan, Ludwipol, Berezene and Derazne, 05 October 1941; life in Stefan; division of the Kostopol Ghetto into three parts: a labor camp for men, 16-60; a ghetto for women, the elderly and children and an area intended for professionally skilled workers and Judenrat members; ghetto life including forced labor in construction and paving roads, food rationing, crowding, levying of taxes and forced contributions; execution of the Jews of Kostopol and the surrounding area, 22 August 1942; survival in the surrounding forests.