Jerzy Bielecki (Author)
Jerzy Bielecki (born March 21, 1921 in Słaboszów ; † October 20, 2011 in Nowy Targ ) was a Polish Auschwitz survivor, teacher and, very late in his life, also an author. His life story became known from 2011 through the dramatic film adaptation by Pamela Katz and Anna Justice under the title The Lost Time (USA: Remembrance) .
Life
Bielecki completed his school days in Krakow. After the German occupation of Poland , Bielecki tried to flee to Hungary together with five comrades in order to join the Polish army in exile in France .
Bielecki was arrested by the Gestapo in 1940 while trying to flee to Hungary and deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp on June 14, 1940 . There he was one of the first prisoners and was tattooed with the prisoner number 243. In July 1944, he managed to escape from the camp in an SS uniform and with a permit, together with a Jewish friend, Cyla Cybulska, whom he had met in the camp. They were separated in the war. 39 years later, in 1983, they met again when Cyla Cybulska visited Bielecki several times in Poland and together they also visited the Auschwitz concentration camp.
After the war he became a teacher in Nowy Targ, Poland, where he lived until his death. His book “Who saves a life ...” received a lot of recognition and attention. In 1985 Bielecki was named Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem .
Works
- Jerzy Bielecki: Who saves a life ...: The story of a love in Auschwitz . wjs, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-937989-44-0 .
See also
- Lost Time (USA: Remembrance) , directed by Anna Justice, screenplay for the 2011 German film drama by Pamela Katz . It is based on Jerzy Bielecki's book. The film title is reminiscent of Marcel Proust's novel In Search of Lost Time .
Web links
- Literature by and about Jerzy Bielecki in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on the Yad Vashem website
Individual evidence
- ^ Pole who spirited Jewish woman from Auschwitz dies ( Memento from October 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Scislowska, Monika (October 22, 2011): "Obituaries: Jerzy Bielecki, hero who fled Auschwitz". Newsday. (Obituary)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bielecki, Jerzy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish Auschwitz survivor and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Słaboszów |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 2011 |
| Place of death | Nowy Targ |