Testimony of Fania Brzezinska, born in Knyszyn (near Bialystok), Poland, regarding her experiences in Knyszyn during the war Outbreak of the war between Germany and Poland, 01 September 1939; occupation of Knyszyn by the Germans, 14 September 1939; robbery of property, anti-Jewish legislation, abuse, turning the synagogue into a cowshed; kidnapping of 80 men and their deportation to the Dzialdowo camp for forced labor under sub-human conditions; the Knyszyn Judenrat; abuse of Jews; murder of Jews; criminal activities of Hugo Koch, the Nazi; humane treatment by Schmidt, the German; hostile attitude of the local population towards the Jews; extermination of the Jews in Knyszyn together with the Jews of Zabludowa, Michalowa and Jews from the surrounding villages, 02 November 1942; escape of the witness; in hiding in various places in the vicinity until the liberation.