Describes selections by Dr. Mengele and camp conditions. Short time later, Jacobs is transported to Warsaw where he works with a labour gang in the destroyed Jewish ghetto of Warsaw. Describes efforts at organizing prisoners. After a short stay, Jacobs is sent to Kaufering in Bavaria. Describes sadistic Jewish Kapo .
German guards begin to defect.
Reaches Dachau and then proceeds to Allach. Camp is liberated by the American army. Goes to Budapest, then returns to Jablonec where he operates on the black market selling cigarettes supplied by a boyhood friend. In Chapter 10, Jacobs' wife Helen relates her wartime experiences, including a detailed family history. She was liberated by the British army May 9, 1945.