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The holocaust in my own words is the genocide of Jews committed by the German Nazis .

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Although he was not Jewish himself, he helped hide Jews that escaped from the Ghetto's. Him and his family built bunkers in the woods for the Jews to hide. Providing them with food, and every once and a while, news from the outside world to keep them updated.

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Survivors Story's That Were Saved From The Bilecki's 

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Survivors Story's That Were Saved From The Bilecki's 

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Mrs. Grau Schnitzer, then 9, recalled how she left the ghetto with her parents to bury a wagon full of dead bodies and then escaped. Her father and uncle, who had known the Bileckis before the war, went to them for help.
Genia Melzer, another survivor, was 17 then and was left for dead by the Nazis in a pile of corpses after a mass shooting. "I lay down on the floor with my head down, and my little cousin, 9 years old, lay down on my right side. They started shooting, but I wasn't shot. They thought I was dead but when a little girl coughed, they came with an ax and started chopping." Genia survived the second assault, too, still pretending to be dead. "They took us to this mass grave and they threw all the people into it and I was on top." Genia crawled out from among the bodies and ran to the woods where Julian Bilecki found her covered with blood and took her in.

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Bilecki and his wife.

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Half a century later Bilecki (a retired bus driver), flew to NYC, to the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous where he was able to be reunited with 5 survivors. Bilecki with tears in his eyes then said, "I see you all have gray hair. I too have gray hair. I thought I would never see you again. I feel lost. I thought this would never happen. All I did was help. It is very pleasant that people remember. Now I am getting paid back by God."

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Born in in 1928, a Polish, Christian teenager that aided and rescued 23 Jews during the holocaust in Poland. Julian was only 11 years old when World War 2 began.

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On June 6, 1943, the Bilecki family heard a knock on their door, they were surprised to see their friends, neighbors, and even a few strange faces. The Bilecki's decided to take them in and with their family and the few strong  men in the group decided to build a bunker in the woods and camouflage it with twigs and branches. The biggest problem was providing food. Food was scarce during these times, but how do you feed 23 extra people without arousing suspicion? Somehow the Bilecki family was able to do it. Soon the bunker was discovered by those passer-by, scared for their friends lives the Bileckis were forced to look for another location to build another bunker. In the winter, the ground was covered with snow on the ground would show prints to and from the hiding place. A survivor Mrs. Grau Schnitzer, recalled how a young Julian Bilecki would jump from tree to tree in to deliver necessary items to his Jewish friends in order to avoid leaving tracks in the snow.

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

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Link To The Reunion of Julian Bilecki With Some Of The Jews He Saved

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Link To The Reunion of Julian Bilecki With Some Of The Jews He Saved

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The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Reunion 1998

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After the Bilecki Jews were liberated on March 27, 1944 everyone went their separate ways, some immigrated to the US. Over the years, the survivors sent packages of food and clothing to the Bilecki family who remained poor in Ukraine.