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Zvi Bielski - The Story of the Bielski Brothers
A Walk in Their Shoes
Again this year, A Walk in Their Shoes features another
story of living history. This time the group presents a speaker
whose family story became the essence of the major motion
picture, Defiance. Zvi Bielski, son of Zus Bielski, will tell how
the three Bielski Brothers saved over 1,200 Jews from
extermination by hiding them in the forests of Belarus.
Community presentations will be held on Tuesday,
November 16, 2010, at 7:00 PM at Marathon High School
and Wednesday, November 17, 2010, at 7:00 PM at Wausau
East High School. These presentations are open to the public
at no charge due to the generosity of local sponsors. Student
presentations will be held during the day on Wednesday and
Thursday.
Zvi Bielski will share his family’s incredible story of
transforming persecution and violence into affirmation and
survival. During the darkest days of World War II, Zvi’s
father and uncles rescued 1,250 Jewish men, women, and
children, whose offspring today number close to 20,000
souls—the largest rescue of Jews by Jews in WWII. Their
experience was the inspiration for the book The Bielski
Brothers by author Peter Duffy and the popular 2008 film,
Defiance.
Links:
Defiance
The Bielski Brothers
story of living history. This time the group presents a speaker
whose family story became the essence of the major motion
picture, Defiance. Zvi Bielski, son of Zus Bielski, will tell how
the three Bielski Brothers saved over 1,200 Jews from
extermination by hiding them in the forests of Belarus.
Community presentations will be held on Tuesday,
November 16, 2010, at 7:00 PM at Marathon High School
and Wednesday, November 17, 2010, at 7:00 PM at Wausau
East High School. These presentations are open to the public
at no charge due to the generosity of local sponsors. Student
presentations will be held during the day on Wednesday and
Thursday.
Zvi Bielski will share his family’s incredible story of
transforming persecution and violence into affirmation and
survival. During the darkest days of World War II, Zvi’s
father and uncles rescued 1,250 Jewish men, women, and
children, whose offspring today number close to 20,000
souls—the largest rescue of Jews by Jews in WWII. Their
experience was the inspiration for the book The Bielski
Brothers by author Peter Duffy and the popular 2008 film,
Defiance.
Links:
Defiance
The Bielski Brothers