"The Destruction of Bialystok": Report by Zipora Kaplan regarding the fate of Jews in the Bialystok Ghetto Deportation of Jews from the Bialystok area to Treblinka, November 1942; murder of the Jews in Treblinka; escape of Jews from villages in the area to the Bialystok Ghetto; transfer of the civilian government in the ghetto to the Gestapo; sealing of the ghetto; prevention of Jews from leaving the ghetto to go to work outside the ghetto, February 1943; "Aktion" conducted by the Gestapo, Kripo and Schupo, 05 February 1943; refusal of Jewish policemen to cooperate with the Germans; murder of Jews in old age homes; murder of the sick in hospitals; murder of children in children's homes in order to silence their cries including the use of Luminal; killing of a German by Melamed, a Jew; retaliation of the Germans for the killing of the German; murder of Jews in the ghetto; deportation of thousands of Jews to Treblinka. Note: Copy of the original material dug up from deep in the ground and taken out of the ghetto.