Ghetto factories

... At first most Jews in the ghetto did not know they could escape death during this “February action” by reporting to work in their assigned factories. The Ge- stapo told Barasz that legitimate factory workers were immune from attack. When this information reached the hideouts, regular workers in the ghetto factories took their wives and children to their places of work. Many who were not workers joined with the regulars in virtually tearing down the doors of the factories to seek refuge. Yet the guards and the Jewish police admitted only those who worked in the factories, sending away their wives and children. ...