Testimony of Feige Jankelewicz, born in Birzai, Lithuania, 1923, and Pola (Rigmant) Elperin, born in Birzai, Lithuania, 1926, regarding the experiences of the Jews of Birzai Jewish life before the war in Birzai. Outbreak of the war, 22 June 1941; escape of families in the direction of the Soviet Union; German occupation; abuse of Jews by Lithuanians; restrictions on the Jews; deportation of Jews to forced labor in fields; deportation of Jews to labor on the Ostrovas Farm; labor of Jews on the farm picking peat; riots and murder of Jews by Lithuanians; establishment of a ghetto; Jewish life in the ghetto; forced contributions; murder of Jews in Ostrovas near the farm, 06 August 1941; includes names of Lithuanian perpetrators of murder.