Survey of conditions in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and the Middle East countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press and by witnesses with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, August 1943 Poland: The fate of the Warsaw Jews and regarding the annihilation of 90% of the Jews of Poland as reported in the Swedish press; Ziegelboim and the Bund; Frank's speeches; annihilation of the Jews of the Baltic States; murder of Jews in Gomel; Germany: Goebbels' speeches regarding war fatigue; Slovakia: Legislation prohibiting Jews from traveling by public transportation; confiscation of land from Jews; Hungary: Distribution of confiscated Jewish land; Romania: Influence of Filderman's deportation; payment of forced contributions and a break in the payments; easing of the work obligation; relief in living conditions in Transnistria including help in the sending of parcels and money from the Romanian Jews; improvement in the attitude of Romanians towards the Jews coincidentally with the defeat of the Germans; air-raids on Ploiesti; Bulgaria: Improvement in the attitude of the Bulgarians towards the deportees; easing of the living conditions of the Jewish deportees; Greece: Deportation of the Jews of Saloniki; Eretz Israel: The Jewish Army; demands of American Jews to cancel restrictions on aliya to Eretz Israel; American involvement; tension between Arabs and Jews; results of the elections in Eretz Israel; Egypt: the economic situation in Egypt; Turkey: Turkey's neutrality; Arab Union; Italy: Italy's surrender as reported in the Turkish press.