Testimony of Simcha Bursztejn, born in Kleszczele, Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences in Ciechanowice and in hiding in forests

Testimony of Simcha Bursztejn, born in Kleszczele, Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences in Ciechanowice and in hiding in forests 

Testimony of Simcha Bursztejn, born in Kleszczele, Poland, 1914, regarding his experiences in Ciechanowice and in hiding in forests 

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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.