Jewish origin but had no ties with Jewry. He had been raised Catholic since
childhood and during his stay in the Jewish hospital he mourned the fact that
there was no Catholic church in the ghetto, as he wished to visit one and pray.
Miscellaneous. Currently the number of functionaries of the ghetto
police in service in the Warsaw ghetto amounts to 240.
This November in the Jewish district there were 9 open distribution
shops, serving approximately 7,000 clients.
This November 55 boxcars with products such as potatoes, Swedes, and
peat for various Rüstungsbetriebes⁷⁵³ passed through the reloading square
(Umschlagplatz).
This November the number of letters posted was 5,094
the number of postcards sent abroad was 387
no telegrams were accepted for sending
incoming letters 8,403
incoming telegrams 18
Mortality rate. In the month of November there were 414 deaths (1.2% of
the Jewish population) including:
241 men
173 women
Number of people with gunshot wounds was 124: 81 men
43 women
[31] Below are three tables clearly illustrating the extent of the extermination
of the Jewish population of Warsaw as a result of the “deportation”.
TABLE 1. Division of the population of the Jewish district in Warsaw by sex and age. (As of the end of October 1942)
Age group Men Women Number of women
per every 100 men
0–9 255 243 95.3
10–19 2,183 2,263 103.7
20–29 3,851 4,581 119.0
30–39 6,748 4,791 71.0
753 (Ger.) companies working for the army.