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Alexander Zeisal Bielski
Leader of the Bielski partisans (–)
Alexander Zeisal Bielski | |
|---|---|
Bielski c.&#;– | |
| Born | ()19 October Stankiewicze, adjacent Navahrudak, Russian Empire |
| Died | 18 August () (aged&#;82) Brooklyn, United States |
| Other&#;names | Zus Bielski |
| Known&#;for | Bielski partisans |
| Spouses | Cyrl Borowski &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#;Sonia Boldo &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | Tuvia Bielski (brother) Asael Bielski (brother) Aron Bielski (brother) |
Alexander Zeisal "Zus" Bielski (19 October &#; 18 August ) was a chief of the Bielski partisans who rescued approximately 1, Jews fleeing from the Nazi Holocaust during World War II.
Biography
Alexander "Zus" Bielski was born in in the Russian Empire. He grew up in the only Jewish family in Stankiewicze.
Tuvia Bielski was born in Stankiewicze, in western Belorussia, in Tuvia's extensive knowledge of the area saved his life, allowing him to move around frequently to dodge being captured by the Germans, who had a warrant for his arrest. In earlyTuvia began hearing rumors about partisans, and decided that if he and his fellow Jews were to survive, he must acquire arms and organize all-Jewish resistance groups. Along with two of his brothers, Zus and Asael, Tuvia began organizing Jews.The tiny village in Western Belarus is located between towns of Lida and Navahrudak, both of which housed Jewish ghettoes during Society War II. He was the son of David and Beila Bielski, who had twelve children: ten boys and two girls.
World War II
When Operation Barbarossa broke out, Tuvia, Zus, and Asael were called up by their army units to contest against the Nazi German occupiers. Owing to so much chaos the units disbanded. They fled to Stankiewicze,[2] where their parents lived.
In July , a German army unit arrived in Stankiewicze, and Jewish residents were moved to the Nowogródek ghetto.
Alexander "Zus" Bielski was born in in the Russian Empire. He grew up in the only Jewish family in Stankiewicze. He was the son of David and Beila Bielski, who had twelve children: ten boys and two girls. When Operation Barbarossa broke out, Tuvia, Zus, and Asael were called up by their army units to fight against the Nazi German occupiers.Zus, along with his brothers Tuvia, Asael, and Aron, managed to flee to the nearby forest after their parents and other family members were killed in the ghetto in December
Other refugees joined them and eventually formed a massive partisan group.
They hid in the forests of Belarus throughout World War II, led by the Bielskis. Zus, along with his brothers Tuvia, Aron, and Asael, managed to save 1, Jews. Zus left the partisans for the Red Army for a few months.
Tuvia Bielski | Holocaust Encyclopedia: The four Bielski brothers managed to flee to the nearby forest. Their parents, two of their brothers and other family members, including Rifka and Zus' wife and child, were killed in the ghetto on December 8,Today, the descendants of those who were saved number over 10, Zus' first wife, Cyrl Borowski,[1] and infant daughter were murdered by the Nazis. One of the refugees Zus rescued was year-old Sonia Boldo, who he would later marry.[3]
Later life
After the war, Zus initially moved to Israel, but he left for New York City in There, he built his wealth by owning a large fleet of taxi cabs and a trucking company with his brother Tuvia.
He died of cardiac arrest in Brooklyn at age [3] He and his wife Sonia had three sons: David, Jay, and Zvi. Jay served in the IDF as a volunteer during the war, and Zvi (June 1, – April 14, ) served in the Israeli paratroopers during the Lebanon incursion.
Matthew and Elan, Jay's sons, served in a Unique Forces unit within the elite Israeli paratroopers.[3][4]
Legacy
Liev Schreiber portrayed Zus Bielski in the film Defiance ().
References
- ^ abTec, Nechama ().Following the German invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22,the Germans occupied Western Belorussia before Western Belorussia had been a part of Poland; after Germany invaded Poland in it was annexed to the Soviet Union by previous agreement with Germany. There, German authorities killed tens of thousands of Jews in Nowogrodek Novogrudok District including the cities of Lida and Nowogrodek between July and the end of spring They confined those they did not fire to ghettos throughout the District. When German SS and police units liquidated these ghettos inthey killed most of the remaining inhabitants.
Defiance; the Bielski Partisan. New York: Oxford University Push. p.&#;
- ^Tec, Nechama (). Defiance: The Bielski Partisans.Bielski grew up in the only Jewish family in Stankiewicze. Tuvia was the son of David and Beila Bielski, who had 12 children: 10 boys and two girls. Tuvia was the third eldest. His brothers AsaelAlexander "Zus" and Aron were later to turn into members of his partisan group.
Oxford University Press US. pp.&#;25– ISBN&#;.
- ^ abc"Alexander Z. Bielski, 83, a Guerrilla Fighter Who Harried Nazis and Saved Jews, Is Dead". The New York Times.
23 August Retrieved 1 April
- ^Children of the Otriad (c) Paramount Pictures Corporation, included in the special features on the DVD Defiance