Survey of conditions in German-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and the region, as reported in the Nazi and local press and by witnesses with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, August 1943 Poland: Testimony from a French soldier POW regarding the "Warsaw Ghetto Uprising"; the number of Jews in the Krakow Ghetto; attacks on Germans by the Polish underground; use of sacks of ashes from the crematoria in fertilizer factories near Belzec; guarding the German Ghetto in Warsaw; the women's sections at Majdanek; transports of Poles to labor in a quarry at Wolyn; opposition to German control over their crops by some Polish farmers; Germany: Germany's condition after five years at war; Goebbels' speech; trusteeship over Jewish property in Vienna; Slovakia: United position of Slovaks against the Jews; supporters of the Jews receive salaries; Hungary: Limitations on Jewish rights of ownership of land and cattle; appointment of two Jewish ministers by Horthy; Romania: Problems in implementing the Bulgarian-Romanian agreement regarding transfer of the Romanian population to Bulgaria; receipt of exemption certificates from forced labor by Jewish women; laws regarding punishments for those who avoid forced labor; Bulgaria: Demonstrations and arrests in Sofia; Rommel's arrival in Sofia; fear of German takeover of the administration; Greece: Fortification of the eastern coast on orders from the Germans; Eretz Israel: American involvement in the area; increase in the Jewish population and development of industry as opposed to the increase of unemployment among the Arabs; arming of Jews and Arabs; British support for the Jews; Syria: Arab unity; the Syrian government.