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Born: May 8th, 1906

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Born: 1908

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Born: October 19th, 1912

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Tuvia, Asael, Zus, and Aron Bielski were born in Stankevich, near Novogrudok as the only Jews in their town. The 3 Bielski Brothers lived in a town known as Stankiewicze. The entire family worked on a farm working the mills. Their parents were murdered along with 5,000 other people when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1939. On top of that, Germans started placing many Jews in ghettos and saving them from the ghettos was the brothers’ mission. The Germans killed the brothers’ parents as well as two of their other brothers. The brothers fled with some family members and created the foundation of a partisan. In 1942, Asael and Zus escaped the Germans by hiding in the woods and later Tuvia joined them in the spring.

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Tuvia created a partisan group and led the group in saving Jews and commanding the village. Under Tuvia’s rulership the 3 brothers created a secret village in the woods to hide themselves as well as other Jews. The brothers were able to acquire firearms with the help of Jewish friends/helpers. The brothers first debated if they should shelter more than the friends and family they already saved. They eventually came to an agreement to save more than just people they knew in early 1942. The partisan group had allies with nearby neighbors as well as other distant allies that provided them guns and other artilleries.

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Because of the brother’s sacrifices Tuvia was captured but then eventually released. By the end of the brother’s plan over 1,200 Jews were saved. Both Tuvia and Zus emigrated to Palestine in 1945 and Asael entered the Soviet Army and died in battle in the same year. The brothers’ collectively saved and protected 1,200 Jews in their time as village hosts. At the end of the war Tuvia died at 81, Asael died at 37, and Zus died at 82. These brothers were able to save many Jewish lives and without them many lives would have been lost over German rule.

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https://www.bookey.app/quote-book/the-bielski-brothers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU05wgkYjEA

https://www.amazon.com/Bielski-Brothers-Defied-Village-Forest/dp/0066210747

https://www.paramountplus.com/movies/video/CWZ7ma0YcEDTgrSAurI3Y1dLCG_n52aF/-

https://youtu.be/M820rcgczCs?si=g1vHzw17qvx6-WoW

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Under the protection of the Bielski partisan group, founded by brothers Tuvia, Asael, and Zus, over 1,200 Jews survived after fleeing into forests in western Belarus.

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Introduce students to the four brothers whose partisan unit saved Jewish lives from the forests of Belarus.

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Solidarity in the Forest – The Bielski Brothers

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Solidarity in the Forest – The Bielski Brothers

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30 Best The Bielski Brothers Quotes With Image | Bookey

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1.We fight to live, not to die.2.We are not heroes. We are ordinary men driven to extraordinary deeds by circumstances.

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https://www.bookey.app/quote-book/the-bielski-brothers

YouTube.com

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“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” -The Bielski Brothers

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“There was something familiar about the forest, and in the worst case we could escape among the trees.” -The Bielski Brothers

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“The power of resilience and survival: The Bielski Brothers demonstrate an incredible sense of resilience and determination in the face of overwhelming adversity. They were able to survive in the forests for years, enduring harsh conditions and constant threat from the Nazis.” -Bielski Brothers’ Biography

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The brothers soon formed a personal small military in late 1942 with Tuvia Bielski acting as the commander of the group as he had previously served in the Polish Army. His brother Asael was his deputy, while Zus was the head of reconnaissance. However, they had to resort to stealing food from peasants at some points in time. The village was attacked by the Germans in the summer of 1943 and the survivors were forced to flee further into the forest. A new camp was built and later the Red Army liberated the woods where the Jews were located.