Memoirs of Arie Laban regarding his experiences in Warsaw, Minsk Mazowiecki and Kaluszyn Life in Warsaw before the war. Air-raids on Warsaw by the German Army; mass escape of residents, September 1939; escape on foot with a group to Minsk Mazowiecki during air-raids; sleeping in Minsk Mazowiecki in the home of a former student; life in Kaluszyn including the increase in air-raids and setting fire to wooden homes; German occupation; escape and unsuccessful attempt to find a hiding place in a nearby village; concentration of the young men in the area by German soldiers; deportation on a forced march with raised hands to the burning town of Kaluszyn.