Testimony of Sheine Sonia Beder, born in Birzai, Lithuania, 1923, regarding her experiences in Birzai, Pabirze, in hiding in Telsiai, the Siauliai Ghetto, Dachau and other places Life in Birzai before the war. Outbreak of the war; Jews escape in the direction of the Soviet Union; murder of the escapees by the Lithuanians; German occupation, 25 June 1941; restrictions on the Jews including deportation to forced labor; abuse of Jews; murder of Jews; looting of Jewish owned property; abuse of young Jewish women by Lithuanians; arrest and murder of Jewish men; includes a list of names of Jews that were murdered; murder of the Jews in the Astrovas forest; escape to Pabirze; escape to Telsiai; life in Telsiai; hidden by Raciukaitis, a Lithuanian engineer; obtains forged documents; escape to villages and towns; life in the Siauliai Ghetto; deportation to camps in Germany; life in Dachau camp; transfer to Tirol; escape with a female friend.