Aharon Bielski | |
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Born | July 21, 1927 |
Other names | Aaron Bielski Aharon Bielski Aron Bell Arczyk Bielski |
Spouse | Henryka |
Relatives | Tuvia Bielski, brother Asael Bielski, brother Alexander Zeisal Bielski, brother |
Aron Bielski (born July 21, 1927), later changed to Aron Bell, is a Polish-American Jew and former member of the Bielski partisans, the largest group of Jewish armed rescuers of Jews during World War II. He was also known as Arczyk Bielski. The youngest of the four Bielski brothers, he is the only one still living (Asael died in 1945, Tuvia in 1987, and Alexander ["Zus"] in 1995).[1]