Jerzy bielecki biography
- Jerzy Bielecki was a Polish Catholic social worker, best known as one of the few inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp who managed to escape successfully.
- Jerzy Bielecki (28 March 1921 – 20 October 2011) was a Polish Catholic social worker, best known as one of the few inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
- Jerzy Feliks Bielecki (born 19 November 1969 in Janów Lubelski) is a Polish politician.
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Jerzy Bielecki (Auschwitz survivor)
Polish Catholic social worker who escaped from Auschwitz
Jerzy Bielecki | |
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Bielecki in 1944 after he escaped from Auschwitz and joined the Home Army | |
| Born | 28 March 1921 Słaboszów, Poland |
| Died | 20 October 2011(2011-10-20) (aged 90) Nowy Targ |
| Occupation | Social worker |
Auschwitz survivor, Bielecki escaped to freedom with Cyla Cybulska in 1944. He became Head of postwar Christian Association of the Auschwitz Families. | |
Jerzy Bielecki (28 March 1921 – 20 October 2011) was a Polish Catholic social worker, best known as one of the few inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp who managed to escape successfully. With the help of other resistance members in the camp, he escaped in 1944 together with his Jewish girlfriend, who was an inmate of Auschwitz II. In 1985 Bielecki received the Righteous Among the Nations award.[1] He also co-founded and headed the postwar Christian Association of the Auschwitz Families.[2][3]
Biography
Bielecki was born in 1921 in Słaboszów, Poland.
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Who saves one life... Former Auschwitz prisoner has been awarded "Righteous among the Nations"
20-10-2006
The posthumous award of the title "Righteous among the Nations of the World" to Maria Kotarba took place at the Polish embassy in London on October 24, 2006. The Yad Vashem Memorial Institute in Jerusalem bestowed the honor in recognition of the aid she gave to Jews during her imprisonment in concentration camps during the Second World War. Relatives of Maria Kotarba accepted the medal in her name.
Maria Kotarba joined the resistance movement after the German attack on Poland in September 1939. She was arrested when a Gestapo informer denounced her, and was sent to the Nazi German Auschwitz concentration camp in January 1943. The Germans deported Lena Mankowska there from the Białystok ghetto one month later. Thanks to risks taken by Polish prisoners during the registration procedure, the Nazis registered Lena as a Polish political prisoner.
Maria Kotarba repeatedly helped Lena while they were in Auschwitz. Among other things, she supplied her with
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Jerzy Bielecki | |
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| File:Jerzy bielecki prisoner.jpg Bielecki in 1944 after he escaped from Auschwitz and joined the Home Army | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 March 1921 Słaboszów, Poland |
| Died | 20 October 2011(2011-10-20) (aged 90) Nowy Targ |
| Occupation | Social worker |
Jerzy Bielecki (28 March 1921 – 20 October 2011, Nowy Targ) was a Polish Catholic social worker, best known as one of the few inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp who managed to escape successfully. With the help of other resistance members in the camp, he escaped in 1944 together with his Jewish girlfriend, who was an inmate of Auschwitz II. In 1985 Bielecki received the Righteous Among the Nations award.[1] He also co-founded and headed the postwar Christian Association of the Auschwitz Families.[2][3]
Biography[]
Bielecki was born in 1921 in Słaboszów, Poland. A pupil at a gymnasium in Kraków, at the outbreak of World War II, he decided to join the Polish Army in the West. While crossing the border with Hungary on 7 May 1940, en route to trying to
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