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Holocaust Memorial Day

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

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Holocaust Memorial Day

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  1. Holocaust Memorial Day Defiance The Bielski Brothers

  2. The Holocaust • A period in History • 6 million Jews and others • Killed by Hitler’s Nazis

  3. The Holocaust • Jews were rounded up • They were put into terrible places called Concentration Camps • They were treated like animals • Many were killed

  4. The Holocaust • Jews were taken to terrible places like this camp called Auschwitz

  5. Jews were made to wear a yellow star to identify them for horrible treatment

  6. Zus, Asael and Tuvia Bielski

  7. The subject of a new film called ‘Defiance’

  8. Their story is not well known • In the Holocaust, this was the largest rescue of Jewish people… • …by Jewish people

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Tuvia and Zus Bielski became the leaders of the rebels

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. Asael Bielski was killed fighting against the Nazis

  16. Tuvia and Zus Bielski moved to the USA after the War. They lived there with their wives and ran a successful transport company together.

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. The Holocaust • “All that is necessary for evil to flourish is that good people do nothing.” • Edmund Burke

  20. I’ll Stand By You • Oh, why you look so sad • The tears are in your eyes • Come on and come to me now

  21. But don’t beashamed to cry • Let me see you through • Cos I’ve seen a dark side too

  22. When the night falls on you, • You don’t know what to do, • Nothing you confess, • Could make me love you less.

  23. I’ll stand by you. • I’ll stand by you. • Won’t let nobody hurt you. • I’ll stand by you.

  24. So if you’re mad, get mad. • Don’t hold it all inside, • Come on and talk to me now.

  25. And hey what you got to hide? • I get angry too, • Well I’m a lot like you.

  26. When you’re standing at the crossroads, • Don’t know which path to choose, • Let me come along, • Cos even if you’re wrong

  27. I’ll stand by you. • I’ll stand by you. • Won’t let nobody hurt you. • I’ll stand by you.

  28. Baby even to your darkest hour • And I’ll never desert you. • I’ll stand by you.

  29. And when the night falls on you baby, • You’re feeling all alone, • You won’t be on your own.

  30. I’ll stand by you. • I’ll stand by you. • Won’t let nobody hurt you. • I’ll stand by you.

  31. Take me even to your darkest hour • And I’ll never desert you. • I’ll stand by you. • Won’t let nobody hurt you.

  32. Quiz Question • In the film ‘Defiance’, who played Asael (left) and Tuvia (right)

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