Testimony of Mendel Melinsky, born in Wasilkowo, Poland, regarding his experiences in Wasilkowo, Zabludowa and Auschwitz Jewish life in Wasilkowo before the war. Entry of the German Army into Wasilkowo, 1939; retreat of the German Army two weeks later; occupation of Wasilkowo by the Red Army; life under the Soviet occupation; outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, 22 June 1941; retreat of the Red Army; attempt by his family to escape to the Soviet Union; air-raids en route to the Soviet Union; inability to cross the Front line; escape to relatives in Zabludowa; burning of buildings in Zabludowa by the Germans; deportation to Auschwitz; survival.