 Arendt describes how, "in the resulting chaos we succeeded in getting hold of liberation papers with which we were able to leave the camp", which she did with about 200 of the 7,000 women held there, about four weeks later.There was no Résistance then, but she managed to walk and hitchhike north to Montauban, near Toulouse where she knew she would find help.Montauban had become an unofficial capital for former detainees, and Arendt's friend Lotta Sempell Klembort was staying there.