Jerzy Bielecki

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Holocaust Survivor Recalls Romantic Escape

He stole a Nazi uniform and walked out with her

(Newser) - In 1942, Jerzy Bielecki was a 21-year-old Catholic Pole in Auschwitz. Sent to work in a warehouse, he met Cyla Cybulska, a Jewish girl. "A pretty dark-haired one, winked at me," Bielecki recalled. The two fell in love, and Bielecki began working on a daring plan for escape,...

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