Jerzy Bielecki (Auschwitz survivor)

Jerzy Bielecki
Jerzy Bielecki
	Bielecki in 1944 after he escaped from Auschwitz and joined the Home Army
Born	28 March 1921; Słaboszów, Poland
Died	20 October 2011 (aged 90); Nowy Targ
Occupation	Social worker
Notes
	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. He also co-founded and headed the postwar Christian Association of the Auschwitz Families.

Jerzy Bielecki
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
Notes
Auschwitz survivor, Bielecki escaped to freedom with Cyla Cybulska in 1944. He became Head of postwar Christian Association of the Auschwitz Families.