Testimony of Shmuel Reichel, born in Tverai, Lithuania, 1894, regarding his experiences in Tverai, in hiding in a forest and in hiding in Pakalniskis Life before the war in Tverai; the life of two Jewish families in Tverai. Outbreak of the war; German occupation; establishment of the Lithuanian police; restrictions on the Jews including the yellow badge; deportation of the men to forced labor; ban on leaving the area; receives information about the murder of Jews in the area; the mayor tries to spread calm among the residents; detention by Lithuanian police, 26 September 1941; escape to a forest; receives information about the deportation of his family with two other families from Maligan; escape of the brother en route; receives information about the deportation of his family with Jews to Tashkin; receives information about the deportation of his family with Jews including local Jews to a poligon; life in hiding including meets his brother; life in Pakalniskis hidden in the home of the farmer Jonas Matkerius; life in hiding with his brother in the attic of the farmer's stable; liberation by the Red Army, 06 July 1944.