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https://jfr.org/rescuer-stories/bilecki-family/

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Zawalow, Poland... June 1943 - During the war, Julian Bilecki and his cousin Roman, both teenagers, lived with their families in Zawalow, Poland (now Ukraine). The Jews from the surrounding villages were rounded up and brought into Zawalow. Then in 1942, the Jews from Zawalow were transported to the Podhajce ghetto. In June 1943, on the eve of Shavuot, the ghetto was liquidated. Only a handful of Jews managed to escape. Seeking shelter in the woods they realized that they could not survive alone. Help was sought from the Bilecki family whom they had known before the war. Julian and Roman's fathers, Genko and Lewko, agreed to help these Jews. The Bilecki family could not stand idly by in the midst of the evil they witnessed.

Genko and Lewko showed the Jews where to build a bunker in the woods and for almost a year provided them with food. That winter the snows were so deep that to keep the Germans from finding the bunker, Roman and Julian brought food to the Jews by jumping from tree to tree so as not to leave footprints in the snow. Despite all the precautions, the bunker was discovered not once but twice, forcing the Jews to flee. Each time the Bilecki family showed them where to build their new bunker, and they helped to move the desperate Jews to another part of the forest.

In the spring of 1944, the area was liberated by the Soviet army. The courage and commitment of the Bilecki family saved the lives of 23 Jewish men, women, and children.

Roman died in December 2006. Julian passed away in March 2007.

In 1998 the JFR reunited Julian and Roman with six of the Jews they saved. The documentary retelling their story can be viewed here.

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Bilecki Family - The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous

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Zawalow, Poland... June 1943 - During the war, Julian Bilecki and his cousin Roman, both teenagers, lived with their families in Zawalow, Poland (now Ukraine). The Jews from the surrounding villages were rounded up and brought into Zawalow. Then in 1942, the Jews from Zawalow were transported to the Podhajce ghetto.

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Julian Bilecki and his cousin Roman were both teens and lived in Zawalow, Poland (now ukrain).  in 1942 during the war jews were coming from close by villages and getting transported to ghettos in Podhajce.

in June of 1943 the ghetto everyone got transported to was liquidated and only a hand full of jews were lucky enough to escape.

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Belicki Name Meaning

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Historically, surnames evolved as a way to sort people into groups - by occupation, place of origin, clan affiliation, patronage, parentage, adoption, and even physical characteristics (like red hair). Many of the modern surnames in the dictionary can be traced back to Britain and Ireland.

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after the ghetto collapsed they suck shelter in the woods and relized they were not to survive alone and contacted their fathers, Genko and Lewko for help, they said yes and helped the jews in cluding Julian and Roman. The fathers of Julian and Roman for the next year would  show the jews how to build bunkers in the woods to keep them safe and provided them with food. Even with all the percausings the bunker was discoverd. twice by the germans, forcing the jews to flee. But every time the bunkers were discovered they would build new ones to stay safe.

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The impact of this amazing and brave act is that this saved more than 23 jewish men, woman, and childrens lives and sacrificed their on lives to save others.

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Roman died in December of 2006 and Julian died in March of 2007.