According to Dr. Lazar Epstein, head of Sanitary-Epidemiological Section of the ghetto's Health Department, the inmates of the ghetto, left to their own devices, could have lived a very long time, certainly to the end of the war, despite the numerous privations.
Ifølge Dr. Lazar Epstein, leder af epidemiologiskafdeling i Ghettoens sunhedsenhed, kunne de internerede, overladt til deres egen organisering, have levet meget længe, i hvert fald til slutningen af krigen på trods af de mange afsavn.