Cika wannan jumla:
A lokacin da Nazi suka mamaye Poland a watan Satumbar 1939, ana yawan kama Werdyger kuma ana tilasta masa aiki a titunan Kraków. A lokacin rani na shekara ta 1940, sa'ad da 'yan Nazi suka umurci dukan Yahudawa su bar birnin, iyalin Werdyger suka ƙaura zuwa gidan kawunsu a Proszowice. Dangane da jita-jitar fitar da jama'a, David, 'yar'uwarsa Yettie, da iyayensa sun ɓoye tare da wasu mutane 16 a cikin wani ɓoye a cikin shagon kawunsu, inda wani ma'aikacin Poland ya kula da su. Makonni uku bayan haka, suka shiga ƙauyen Podgórze na Kraków. Daga can, iyayensa suka sayi hanyar fita daga ghetto zuwa Sosnowice, inda ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'yansu mata da suka yi aure ke zaune. Dauda bai sake ganin su ba.