Testimony of Zvi Hershel Yismach, born in Tykocin, Poland in 1935, regarding his experiences in Tykocin and in villages in the region
Early childhood in Tykocin; outbreak of the war in 1939; the Soviet occupation of the region; life continues at home until 1941; outbreak of the Russo-German War in 1941; arrival of the Wehrmacht in August 1941; escape and splitting up of the family; remaining with his mother and younger brother; wandering among villages; finding work in farming on the farm of a Polish family on the outskirts of the village; life under a false identity; good relations with the Polish people;...
Testimony of Yona Brener, born in Tykocin, Poland, 1924, regarding her experiences in Tykocin, the Sokola Laka Ghetto, in hiding in the Bialystok region and Bialystok
Life in Tykocin including abuse of Jews by the Germans; robbery and murder of Jews; escape to Sokola Laka; life in the Sokola Laka Ghetto; liquidation of the ghetto, February 1942; murder of the Jews in the ghetto and the area; escape with a group of Jews; hidden with her brother and a Jewish tailor by a non-Jew; life in hiding in exchange for labor sewing; escape with her brother and tailor including knowledge concerning the murder of Jews in...
Testimony of Wolf Szikarewicz regarding the murder of the Jews of Tykocin, summer 1941
Escape of Jews from Bialystok and the surrounding area to the village of Tykocin (Tikotin); murder of the village Jews at killing pits in the Lupochowo forest near the village; bringing of Poles to dig the pits; passing on of information regarding the digging by a Pole to a Jew living in the village; arrival of trucks full of SS men to carry out the "Aktion"; escape of a few people from the trucks; murder and burial of the dead in the pits; burning of the corpses in 1944 to obliterate traces of the murder.
Testimony of Anszel Sznajder, born in 1928 in Choroszcz, about his experiences in Choroszcz, the Białystok ghetto, and Auschwitz-Birkenau
Soviet rule in 1939; German occupation ensues in June 1941; father arrested; father murdered; Jews murdered in pits in surrounding forests; abduction of children for forced labor; Aktion; mother and sister murdered in November 1942; hiding with older brothers in a warehouse; aided by non-Jews while hiding in a field; escaping to the Białystok ghetto in January 1943; sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau in February 1943; posing as older than he was in a selection; selections; working...
Testimony of Ester (Mandelkorn) Szeunfeld, born in Ostrow Mazowiecka, 1931, regarding her experiences escaping to Lomza in 1939 and her experiences in Siberia
At the outbreak of war in 1939, move to the German side, to Lomza; move to Tykocin; life under Soviet rule; deportation to Siberia; staying at a place called "The Eighth Kilometer"; their living quarters; overcrowding; her mother's illness; her mother's death in a local hospital; working as a knitter in exchange for food; her father, who was a Gur hasid, maintains his religious way of life; keeping Shabbat; prayer; keeping kosher.
Return to Lodz, 1946;...
Testimony of Aron Sokolowicz, born in Ostroleka, Poland, 1928, regarding his experiences in Ostroleka, Ostrow, Tykocin and Komi Assr
Life before the war.
Deportation of Jews to the border with the Soviet Union; life in Ostrow; riots against the Jews by the German Army; life as a refugee in Tykocin; deportation to Komi Assr; end of the war.
Return to Poland; aliya to Israel, 1957.