Jerzy Bielecki (Auschwitz survivor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jerzy Bielecki (Auschwitz survivor)

Auschwitz concentration camp survivor

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1921

Place of Birth: Słaboszów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 20-Oct-2011

Profession: writer, author

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Jerzy Bielecki (28 March 1921 – 20 October 2011, Nowy Targ) was a Polish Catholic social worker, best known as one of the few inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp who managed to escape successfully.
With the help of other resistance members in the camp, he escaped in 1944 together with his Jewish girlfriend, who was an inmate of Auschwitz II.
In 1985 Bielecki received the Righteous Among the Nations award.
He also co-founded and headed the postwar Christian Association of the Auschwitz Families.