Memoirs of Mosjce Kalsztejn, born in Suwalki, Poland, 1913, regarding his experiences in Minsk and as a partisan Unsuccessful escape attempt from Minsk to Smolensk; return to Minsk; establishment of the Minsk Ghetto, August 1941; "Aktion" against Jews by Ukrainians and Lithuanians, 07 October 1941; murder of 2,500 Jews during the "Aktion"; murder of 2,000 Jews in the streets of Minsk, March 1942; arrest, 03 May 1942; life in prison for ten months; murder of a policeman; escape by truck with the policeman's uniform; murder of the witness' wife as retaliation by the Germans; joins the partisans.