Labels:brass | bulletin board | sky | steering wheel | windowpane OCR: 6730 'ni7'ny: March 940 Ge .rman occupation authorities Ordered a barbed wire fence strung around the Jewish ne ighborhood of Ostrowiec Though the Ostrowiec Ghetto was now clearly defined it was nat ofticially established until Aprii 1941 when the gates were sealed tight. Heavily armed sentry quards were posted to keep the 8 000 Jews including Paula and her family, locked inside TO maintain order among the starving and confined population, the 55 forme d Judenrat or Jewish Councii along with the ewish police force on which Paula's brother Herschel ser rved The reall decisions, however were made bi SS guards and their superiors in Krakow and Beriin. on November II and 12 1942 German authorities heid their first major deportation from the ghetta. Around 11,000 people including Paula's two si ...