Testimony of Simcha Burshtein regarding the village of Kleszczele during the Nazi occupation Occupation of the village by the Germans, 23 June 1941; establishment of local government by the Poles and appointment of Misaievitz, the teacher, as the mayor; abuse of the Jews; replacement of the local Polish government by the Nazi occupation authority; anti-Jewish legislation; robbery of property; establishment of the Kleszczele Ghetto, late May 1942; forced labor outside the ghetto, 02-06 November 1942; deportation of the Jews to Bialystok, and from there to the Treblinka extermination camp.