Testimony of Szika Mankowski, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1923, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, in hiding and in forests as a partisan In hiding during the first "Aktion" in the Bialystok Ghetto; acquisition of work cards for himself and for his family; survival with his family with help from the work cards until liquidation of the ghetto, 16 August 1943; killing of two Germans in the ghetto; retaliation by the Germans for the killings; in hiding with his family and other Jews for three months until 03 November 1943; escape to the forests; joins the partisans in the Suprasl area; partisan activities; joins the Red Army, 01 August 1944.