The reading of books in the ghetto is the greatest pleasure for me. The book unites us with the future, the book unites us with the world. The people in the ghetto are celebrating. The Germans concede that Stalingrad has fallen. I walk across the street.
People wink at each other with happy eyes.
At last the Germans have suffered a gigantic defeat. Over three hundred thousand Germans killed. Stalin's city is the enemy's grave. A command was issued by the German regime about liquidating five small ghettos in the Vilna province. The Jews are being transported to the Vilna and the Kovno ghetto.