Holocaust Memorial Day Defiance The Bielski Brothers The
Holocaust Memorial Day Defiance The Bielski Brothers
The Holocaust • A period in History • 6 million Jews and others • Killed by Hitler’s Nazis
The Holocaust • Jews were rounded up • They were put into terrible places called Concentration Camps • They were treated like animals • Many were killed
The Holocaust • Jews were taken to terrible places like this camp called Auschwitz
• Jews were made to wear a yellow star to identify them for horrible treatment
Zus, Asael and Tuvia Bielski
The subject of a new film called ‘Defiance’
• Their story is not well known • In the Holocaust, this was the largest rescue of Jewish people… • …by Jewish people
• The brothers lived in a country called Belarus • In 1939 it was held by Russia • In 1941 it was invaded by Germany • The Bielski family were Jewish
• The Bielski brothers and their friends hid in the Naliboki Forest in Belarus • They managed to get arms and food supplies from nearby farms and villages • They formed a fighting force to resist the Germans
• Tuvia and Zus Bielski became the leaders of the rebels
• Their lives were very hard in the freezing forests but the men and women fought together against their enemies who tried hard to kill them
• They called their group the ‘Otriad’ • When the War was won, it had grown to 1 200 men, women and children • They even built a school and a hospital in their secret forest hideout
• One of Tuvia Bielski’s followers said: • “Tuvia would rather save one old Jewish woman than kill ten Nazis” • He saved many people’s lives by protecting them in the forest
• Asael Bielski was killed fighting against the Nazis
• Tuvia and Zus Bielski moved to the USA after the War. They lived there with their wives and ran a successful transport company together.
The Holocaust • First they came for the Communists • And I did not speak out because I was not a Communist • Then they came for the Trades Unions • And I did not speak out because I was not a Trades Unionist • Then they came for the Jews • And I did not speak out because I was not a Jew
The Holocaust • Then they came for me • And there was no one left to speak out for me • Pastor Martin Neimoeller • Spent seven years in Nazi concentration camps
The Holocaust “All that is necessary for evil to flourish is that good people do nothing. ” Edmund Burke
I’ll Stand By You • Oh, why you look so sad • The tears are in your eyes • Come on and come to me now
• But don’t be ashamed to cry • Let me see you through • Cos I’ve seen a dark side too
• When the night falls on you, • You don’t know what to do, • Nothing you confess, • Could make me love you less.
• I’ll stand by you. • Won’t let nobody hurt you. • I’ll stand by you.
• So if you’re mad, get mad. • Don’t hold it all inside, • Come on and talk to me now.
• And hey what you got to hide? • I get angry too, • Well I’m a lot like you.
• When you’re standing at the crossroads, • Don’t know which path to choose, • Let me come along, • Cos even if you’re wrong
• I’ll stand by you. • Won’t let nobody hurt you. • I’ll stand by you.
• Baby even to your darkest hour • And I’ll never desert you. • I’ll stand by you.
• And when the night falls on you baby, • You’re feeling all alone, • You won’t be on your own.
• I’ll stand by you. • Won’t let nobody hurt you. • I’ll stand by you.
• Take me even to your darkest hour • And I’ll never desert you. • I’ll stand by you. • Won’t let nobody hurt you.
Quiz Question • In the film ‘Defiance’, who played Asael (left) and Tuvia (right)
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