Testimony of Simcha Bursztejn, born in Kleszczele, Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences in Bialowieza Occupation of Bialowieza by the German Army, 24 June 1941; life in Bialowieza including anti-Jewish legislation, yellow badge, levying of a forced contribution and confiscation of Jewish property; deportation of Jews to forced labor; establishment of local government under Kriskiwicz, the Pole; appointment of a German as mayor in place of Krisiwicz, 15 July 1941; attempts by the German to kill Jews and non-Jews; murder of men, aged 13-50, September 1941; deportation of the elderly, women and children to Kobryn and Antopol; murder of the deportees, autumn 1942; deportation of professionally skilled laborers to Pruzany; declaration by the Germans that Bialowieza is Judenrein (Free of Jews), January 1942.