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Holocaust Resistance: Tuvia Bielski
The Bielski Group. Source: USHMM. |
Before his death in 1987, Tuvia Bielski told his wife, Lilka, “I will be famous when I am dead.” Bielski and Lilka were living in Brooklyn, New York, where they seemed to be a typical immigrant family. Bielski, who spoke thickly accented English, worked as a truck driver delivering plastic materials to companies throughout the New York storstads- area. Bielski was in reality the man who many consider among the greatest heroes of anti-German resistance in World War II—a man who master-minded and led one of the most significant Jewish rescue and resistance operations of the Holocaust.
Tuvia Bielski. Source: USHMM |
It is a profound irony that he would be forced to wonder when he would get full credit for his achievements. In its outlines, Tuvia Bielski’s story sounds like the far fetched creation of a Hollywood scriptwriter. From a small by in the country now called Belarus, Tuvia and his
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Solidarity in the Forest – The Bielski Brothers
“Don’t rush to fight and die. So few of us are left, we need to save lives. It is more important to save Jews than to kill Germans.”1
Tuvia Bielski
Tuvia Bielski
Introduction
The first question that comes to mind when discussing the subject of Jewish solidarity during the Holocaust is: how? Surrounded by humiliation, exploitation, hardships, loss and death, how was it possible for people to stay human and show solidarity for other human beings? The Holocaust challenged established social norms, values and relationships. In a reality in which each individual Jew was subject to persecution and murder, how were people able to reach out to others instead of caring only for their own survival? There are many examples of Jews who risked their lives to save other Jews – either spontaneously by following their instincts as events occurred or by a thought process often involv
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Bielski partisans
The Bielski partisans were a group of Jewish partisans (an irregular military group) who fought against the Nazis during World War II. They rescued Jews from extermination. They fought against the Nazis, who had taken overPoland. They also fought against people who cooperated with the Nazis. They lived and fought around Nowogródek (Navahrudak) and Lida in Poland (now western Belarus). They were named after the Bielskis, a family of Polish Jews who led the group.
Under the Bielski partisans' protection, 1,236 Jews survived the war. This was one of many remarkable rescue missions in the Holocaust.[1] The group spent more than two years living in the forests and was initially organised by members of the Bielski family.
Background
[change | change source]The Bielski family were millers and grocers[2] in Stankiewicze (Stankievichy) near Nowogródek. At the beginning of WWII, this area belonged to the Second Polish Republic. It was taken ov