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Bielski brothers (Tuvia, Alexander, Asael, Aron) The Bielski partisans were a unit of Jewish partisans who rescued Jews from extermination and fought the German occupiers and their collaborators around Novogrudok and Lida in German-occupied Poland (now western Belarus ).
After the Germans killed their parents and two brothers in the Nowogrodek ghetto in December 1941, three surviving brothers of the Bielski family— Tuvia (1906–1987), Asael (1908–1945), and Zus (1910–1995)—established a partisan group. Initially, the Bielski brothers attempted only to save their own lives and those of their family members.
Learn how the Bielski brothers saved around 1,200 Jews in the Belarusian forest during the Holocaust. Discover their story of resistance, compassion and human solidarity in the face of the Nazi terror.
May 13, 2016 · Learn about the four Jewish brothers who led a partisan group in Belarus and saved hundreds of Jews from the Nazis during World War II. Read about their childhood, their decision to fight back, their life in the forest camp, and their legacy.
Bielski partisans, organization of Jewish partisans who fought Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1942 and 1944 in occupied Poland (now Belarus). Established by brothers Tuvia, Asael, and Zus Bielski, the group conducted guerrilla operations and provided shelter and protection to some 1,200.
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Tuvia Bielski (May 8, 1906 – June 12, 1987) was a Polish Jewish militant who was leader of the Bielski group, a group of Jewish partisans who set up refugee camps for Jews fleeing the Holocaust during World War II.
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Learn about the Bielski brothers, who led a group of more than 1,000 Jews in the forests of western Belarus and fought against the Nazis and their collaborators. Find out how they survived, what they achieved and what happened to them after the war.
