Testimony of Henoch Piasek, born in Bielsk Podlaski, Poland, 1908, regarding his experiences in Bielsk Podlaski
Occupation of Bielsk Podlaski by the German Army, 26 June 1941; life in Bielsk Podlaski including anti-Jewish legislation and yellow badge; appointment of a Judenrat; murder of 30 Jews; murder of 12 Jews; establishment of the Bielsk Podlaski Ghetto, August 1941; levying of a forced contribution; burning of Torah scrolls, prayer shawls and tefillin; forced labor; concentration of approximately 11,000 Jews in the ghetto including Jews from Narwa, Briansk and Orlo, ghetto life including crowding,...