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World War II partisans
- Bielski partisansBielski partisansThe Bielski partisans were an organisation of Jewish partisans who rescued Jews from extermination and fought against the Nazi German occupiers and their collaborators in the vicinity of Nowogródek and Lida in German-occupied Poland...
, a World War II Jewish partisan group in German-occupied Poland led by four brothers:- Tuvia Bielski, a Jewish partisan of the Second World War and leader of the Bielski partisans; oldest of the four brothers
- Asael BielskiAsael BielskiAsael Bielski was the second-in-command of the Bielski partisans during World War II.-Early life:Asael was the third son of David and Beila Bielski, being about two years younger than his brother Tuvia who later commanded the Bielski Otriad...
, second oldest of the four brothers - Alexander Zeisal BielskiAlexander Zeisal BielskiAlexander Zeisal 'Zus' Bielski was a leader of the Bielski partisans that rescued approximately 1,200 Jews from Nazi execution in Belarus during World War II.-Biography:...
, second youngest of the four brothers - Aron BielskiAron BielskiAron Bielski, later changed to Aron Bell, is a Polish-American Jew and former member of the Bielski partisans group, the largest armed rescuers of Jews by Jews during World War II. He was also known as Arczyk Bielski...
, youngest of the four brothers
- The Bielski Brothers (book), a book about the Bielski partisans written by Peter Duffy
- Defiance: The Bielski Partisans, a book about the Bielski partisans written by Nechama TecNechama TecNechama Tec is a Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. She received her Ph.D. in sociology at Columbia University, where she studied and worked with the highly-regarded sociologist Daniel Bell, and is a noted Holocaust scholar...
Others
- Marcin BielskiMarcin BielskiMarcin Bielski was a Polish chronicler and satirical poet. He was born of noble parentage on the patrimonial estate of Biała, Pajęczno County , in the Polish province of Sieradz. The name Wolski is derived from his estate at Wola...
, a Polish chronicler of the 16th Century - Ze'ev Bielski, chairman of the Jewish Agency For Israel
Other
It may refer to either of two counties (powiats) in Poland:- Bielsk CountyBielsk CountyBielsk County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Bielsk Podlaski, which...
, in Podlaskie Voivodeship (north-east Poland) - Bielsko CountyBielsko CountyBielsko County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the city of Bielsko-Biała, although the city...
, in Silesian Voivodeship (south Poland), the county seat being Bielsko-Biała