Testimony of Simcha Bursztejn, born in Kleszczele, Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences in Ciechanowice and in hiding in forests Occupation of Ciechanowice by the German Army, 22 June 1941; appointment of Richter, a Volksdeutsche, as head of the city of Ciechanowice; term of office of Romanov, the collaborator, as Richter's replacement; life in Ciechanowice including anti-Jewish legislation, yellow badge, forced labor, robbery of Jewish property, abuse and murder of Jews; establishment of two ghettos; appointment of a Judenrat, 20 July 1941; ghetto life including labor in various workshops; murder of Jews; escape of Jews from the murder site; liquidation of the ghetto, 2-8 November 1942; deportation of the Jews to Treblinka; names of collaborators who abused Jews; deportation of 500 men and 200 women two days before the liquidation of the ghetto; murder of the men and the women; murder of approximately 4,000 Jews in Ciechanowice by the Germans; escape to the forests; life in hiding in the forests; liberation.