Memoirs of Irena Libman, born in Lodz, Poland, 1925, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto and of her friend, Zina Halpern Life in Lodz during the outbreak of the war; German occupation; sewing of yellow badges for marking the Jews; restrictions on the Jews; eviction from the family home by the German Army; establishment of the Lodz Ghetto; ghetto life in a room with seven people; sealing of the ghetto; deterioration in the supply of food distributed by ration coupons only; mass mortality due to dysentery, 1940; deportation of Jews receiving welfare to an unknown destination, 1941; deportation of Jewish refugees from Germany to the ghetto, 1941; death of many from starvation; attendance at a school in the ghetto; receiving her matriculation certificate at the age of 16 and termination of her studies by order of the Germans; work in a German sewing factory; children's "Aktion"; existence of a Gypsy camp in the ghetto; outbreak of spotted typhus in the Gypsy camp; spread of the epidemic to the entire Lodz Ghetto; mass mortality despite the attempts to quarantine and disinfect; treatment of the sick by doctors and nurses and their death; life in 1942. Included in the file: - Memoirs of Irena Libman regarding her friend, Zina Halpern, including her meeting Zina in a labor camp in Germany; her outstanding personality among the female inmates and her stories about Paris and her love for France; transfer on a forced march and in trains to an additional camp together with Zina, and the death of Zina a few days following liberation.