Cyla Cybulska & Jerzy Bielecki

Cyla Cybulska & Jerzy Bielecki

Usually, our first thought about the World War II is suffering and death of millions of people, battles, alliances and pacts... Nevertheless, we just don't want to forget about the beautiful love stories which emerged during the war! We would like to tell you about the most famous of them...

They met each other in Auschwitz, Bielecki was assigned to work in warehouses and Cyla worked as seamstress . Occasionally , they had chance to meet face to face. They became friends and then, little by little their relationship grew into love. Knowing about sealed fate of Cyla, Jerzy started planning their escape from the camp... 21 of July 1944, Bielecki, speaking excellent German and wearing a stolen SS uniform, came to take Cybulska "for interrogation". With overwhelming fear of being recognized and shot, the couple quit the camp. For nine nights, they marched across fields and woods, to reach the house of Bielecki's uncle near Krakow. Cyla was hidden in a nearby farmhouse, while Jerzy decided to go to Krakow. They were supposed to meet when the danger of being captured by Nazis would be over.

After liberation of Krakow by Russians, Bielecki walked back to the village, thinking about seeing his beloved. But he was too late. Cyla, not aware of the fact that area where she was hiding was liberated earlier than Krakow, jumped to conclusion that Jurek had been killed or gave up their plans. She went to Warsaw, married a Jewish man, David Zacharovitz and left the country.

They both thought the other was dead until 1983, when Cyla accidentally learnt that Jerzy was alive. 39 years after the escape from Auschwitz, Cyla was met at Krakow airport by Bielecki waiting with 39 red roses in hand, one for each year of the separation.

Although their hearts were still filled with feelings for each other, as they had their own families and lives, they decided not to get together...

Read soon about another wartime love story!