Testimony of Meir Zhukovski, born in Sokolki, Poland, 1913, regarding an "Aktion" in the Bialystok Ghetto, 16 August 1943 "Aktion" in the Bialystok Ghetto, 16 August 1943; murder of Jews on the streets by Ukrainian and Belorussian collaborators; armed preparation by young fighters for fighting with the Germans; killing of a German officer by a Jewish woman named Devora (?) from Warsaw; murder of the Jewish woman by a German; murder of approximately 800 Jews as punishment for the killing of the German officer; shooting battle between the Jewish fighters and the Germans; deaths of Jewish victims; deaths of Germans; killing of Germans by partisan grenades; retreat of the partisans due to their being shelled by two German tanks.