A report on the destruction of the Jewish Hotel Nassauer Hof in Karlsruhe, during the night of 8-9 November 1938, on the transport of about 1,000 men to Dachau and life there in the camp, for four weeks. Ill-treated men from villages in Baden and Pflaz. Cruel Kapos, surveyed by SS; torturing exercises. One Kapo was a communist who had been living in the camp since 1933. After ten days, a banker from Munich, Aufhaeuser, was released, since he had transferred some houses of his to the Party.

The author's wife booked tickets for the emigration to Bolivia; he was compelled to deliver up the keys of his car and licence and as he had been a lieutenant in the war, he was released, on the 29th day of his internment - compensation would have to be paid only, if there had been 30 days of internment.

The report deals with the riots in Frankfurt am Main on 9 November 1938, when Mr. Fraenkel, then a 33 years old business man, was arrested in the street and with 380 other Jews transported via Weimar to Buchenwald.

During his three months’ stay there, 25% of the prisoners died of disease resulting from foul food, dirt, cold etc. Medical treatment was forbidden. The ill-famed camp commander Koch said: “We only know two kinds of people, those who are well and those who are ill and go to the crematorium.” His wife reported everyone not marching properly past her window.

Strict order forbidding to tell anyone about the experiences at the camp; in case the released people would tell abroad something about it, their families in Germany would have to suffer.

The author of this report on the model organisation and the plight of the Jewish community of Gleiwitz survived, since he lived in a privileged mixed marriage and had two step-sons in the German military service. Statement of religious and social institutions, outstanding personalities, economic situation etc. in 1933. Genfer Abkommen reintroduced in the beginning of 1934, ended on 31 December 1937; both times immediate consequences (p.3-4). The Community received the ashes of two workmen who were deported for being late and of a merchant who had offered a watch at a time when selling watches was not allowed (p.3-4). Organisation of instruction and help, in order to foster emigration. Lectures on learned topics, Dr. Ochs etc. (p.4-5). Setting fire to the synagogue on 9 November 1938 (p.4). Deportation to Buchenwald (p.5-6) From 1940, forced labour at Gleiwitz (p.6, 8-9). Three concentration camps at Gleiwitz. From May 1942, deportations to Auschwitz (p.7); Gestapo man Linz; “Altersheim”. Many details about mixed marriages (p.7-9). Yellow Star. Escape of two young Jews from Auschwitz (p.9-10). Thousands of prisoners driven from Auschwitz to Blechhammer, many killed on the road (p.10). The Russians at Gleiwitz, later Polish occupation (p.10).