WARSAW, Poland — Jerzy Bielecki, a Polish inmate who led his Jewish girlfriend out of Auschwitz in 1944, has died at age 90. Bielecki’s daughter, Alicja Januchowski said Saturday that he died peacefully Thursday at his home in Nowy Targ, in southern Poland. In July 1944, the 23-year-old Bielecki used his relatively privileged position as [...]
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Zmarł Jerzy Bielecki, bohater z KL Auschwitz
Posted by admin on October 20th, 2011
W Nowym Targu zmarł były więzień nr 243 z I transportu do KL Auschwitz. Autor i uczestnik jednej z najbardziej brawurowych ucieczek z KL Auschwitz. Był Honorowym Obywatelem Państwa Izrael, odznaczony Medalem Sprawiedliwego Wśród Narodów Świata. Urodził się 28 marca 1921 r. w miejscowości Słaboszów na kielecczyźnie. Po wybuchu wojny został aresztowany. Przebywał w więzieniach [...]
Jerzy Bielecki and Cyla Cybulska
Posted by admin on February 7th, 2011
With every step toward the gate, Jerzy Bielecki was certain he would be shot. The day was July 21, 1944. Bielecki was walking in broad daylight down a pathway at Auschwitz, wearing a stolen SS uniform with his Jewish sweetheart Cyla Cybulska by his side. His knees buckling with fear, he tried to keep a [...]
