Memoirs of Hilde Morgenbesser, regarding her experiences in Bielitz, Krakow, Vilna, the Bialystok Ghetto and a concentration camp Attitude of the local population in Bielitz toward the Jews at the start of the war; burning of the synagogue, destruction of Jewish homes, acts of theft, and other matters; escape of her family to Krakow; German occupation; bans and the first anti-Jewish measures; move to Vilna; German occupation of Vilna, 22 July 1941; murder of Jews in the Ponary forest; anti-Jewish legislation and decrees, confiscation of property and acts of theft; establishment of the Vilna Ghetto; Vilna Ghetto life; escape to the Bialystok Ghetto; "Aktions"; deportation to a concentration camp.