Testimony of Pinchas Finkelstejn, born in 1922, regarding his experiences in Radziwilow and in hiding Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union; retreat of the Red Army from Radziwilow; escape attempts towards the East in the direction of Bialystok by Jews; attitude of the local population towards the Jews; robbery and murder of Jews by Polish gangs; occupation of Radziwilow by the German Army; collaboration between the Poles and the Germans; life under the occupation including decrees, riots, robbery of property, abusive acts and murder of Jews by the Poles; burning of holy books removed from the synagogue; arrest of Jews, 18 August 1941; establishment of the ghetto for those Jews who remained alive after the riots; deportation of the Jews for forced labor on an estate in the area; deportation of the Jews to the Bogusze camp, 02 November 1942; transfer of the Jews from Bogusze to Auschwitz; in hiding in the area among the Polish population.