Survey of conditions in Nazi-occupied countries and Near Eastern countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, July 1943 Poland: Information from coded letters regarding the murder of Jews in Krakow and Warsaw; murder in Treblinka and Belzec; Jews in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Majdanek and small German company camps; deception of the inmates regarding their imminent murders; situation in Bialystok is still reasonable; demographic situation of the Jews of Lodz; the library of the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva; Germany: Germany's strength has been sapped by the war; rubble and war damage in Germany; Goebbels' speech to encourage the Germans; Slovakia: There are still Jews alive with forged documents; moderation with regard to the Jews due to thoughts about the end of the war; Hungary: There is still activity of Jewish journalists in the Budapest press; forced labor of Jews; Romania: Payment of war taxes and forced contributions by the Jewish Center; preparations for setting up a University Chair devoted to investigation of the "Jewish Problem" at Bucharest University; levying of fines on Jews without release papers who do not report in for work; historical information and statistics about the Jews of Romania; Bulgaria: Deportation of the Jews of Plovdiv; Eretz Israel: Ben-Gurion's declaration regarding mass aliya of the Jews as the best solution to the problems of Eretz Israel; Arab, Jewish and British relations; Egypt: The government and the people; hunger within the population; Lebanon: Division of the government between Christians and Moslems; Turkish press: Italy and Turkish intervention in disputes.