Testimony of Lejb Trus, born in Briansk, Soviet Union, 1919, regarding his experiences in Briansk, in forests and as a partisan Rumors regarding the murder of Jews of the outlying area around Bialystok, early November 1942; escape of approximately 700 Jews from Briansk to the forests; murder of some of the escapees by shooting by the Germans; survival of 74 of the escapees in the forests; joining the partisans by the escapees including carrying weapons; abuse of the witness including a murder attempt by the brothers Rycz and Kaminski, collaborators from the village of Piaski-Chojewo, December 1942; wounding; wounding while escaping from the collaborators; criminal acts committed by the Rycz and Kaminski brothers; survival in the forests; joining the "Zhukov" partisan regiment numbering approximately 40 Jewish and approximately 80 Soviet fighters in the Briansk area.