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New York (JTA) — The leader of
a renowned brigade that rescued
hundreds of Jews during World
War II died of a cardiac arrest at
his home in Brooklyn.
Alexander Bielski, the head of
the Bielski Brigade, was 83.
The brigade, which carried out
guerrilla war against the Nazis,
saved hundreds of Jews from
Nazi execution in Byelorussia,
now the independent nation of
Belarus.
Mr. Bielski was born in the
tiny village of Stankiewicze, near
Novogrudok. The area was as-
signed to Poland in 1921, rean-
nexed by the Soviet Union in
1939 and invaded by the Ger-
mans in 1941.
When the Nazis took over the
village, Mr. Bielski and his broth-
ers Eshahol and Aaron report-
edly hid in the surrounding
woods, founding the brigade upon
hearing of relatives killed by the
Germans.
During the war, the Bielskis,
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now joined by another brother,
Tuvia, and 300 fighters, fought
the Nazis, stealing German
weapons, ambushing German
patrols, derailing troop trains and
blowing up bridges and electric
stations.
Alexander Bielski met Sonia
Boldo, who would become his
wife, while carrying out resis-
tance activity.
Unlike other resistance groups,
the Bielski Brigade rescued
women and children, and assured
their safety when hiding in. a vil-
lage by telling villagers that if
even one Jew was given up to the
Germans, the entire village
would be burned.
Some 10,000 people reported-
ly are alive today who would have
died or never been born if it were
not for the brigade.
In 1956, Mr. Bielski moved
from Israel to New York, where
he operated a taxi fleet and truck-
ing company.
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New York (JTA) — Austrian
Chancellor Franz Vranitzky has
affirmed his commitment to his
country's $50 million fund to
compensate Nazi victims, ac-
cording to a letter he sent this
month to the World Jewish Con-
gress.
"It is a positive development
in that it lends the prestige of the
Office of the Chancellor to a com-
mitment of flexibility with re-
spect to payment of this fund,"
Elan Steinberg, executive direc-
tor of the World Jewish Congress,
said.
Austria adopted a law June 1
that established a fund for Nazi
victims, officially known as the
National Fund of the Republic of
Austria for the Victims of Na-
tional Socialism.
The fund, introduced by Aus-
tria's governing coalition parties,
was created in connection with
the 50th anniversary of the re-
public as a gesture toward vic-
tims of the Nazi regime.
"What happened between
1938 and 1945 cannot be mend-
ed.
Nobody can make the inex-
pressible suffering and the loss-
es undone or give back the lost
days of life," the chancellor wrote
in the letter, dated Aug. 14.
In an earlier media release
from the Austrian government,
beneficiaries of the fund includ-
ed people who were "persecuted
by the Nazi regime out of politi-
cal, racial, religious, or ethnic rea-
sons; because of their sexual
orientation; or [because of] their
disabilities."
However, the guidelines for el-
igibility remain unclear, Mr.
Steinberg said.
"There are outstanding ambi-
guities and clear shortcomings in
the legislation as it now stands,"
he said.
The next step in the compen-
sation process is for the chancel-
lor, as well as the parliamentary
"The guidelines for
eligibility remain
unclear."
— Elan Steinberg
committee created for this en-
deavor, to set up specific, nondis-
criminatory criteria for eligibility
and a schedule of payment, Mr.
Steinberg said.
The WJC official stressed that
time was an important factor in
the compensation process. "The
longer the wait, the fewer recip-
ients alive," he said.
About 25,000 to 30,000 former
Jews of Austria are alive from the
World War II period, according c-\
to the WJC.