Jerzy Bielecki was born on 28 March 1921. During the Second World War, he was imprisoned in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. In 1944, Bielecki organised an escape from the camp. He managed to save a Jewish woman, Cyla Cybulska. Bielecki passed away on 20 October 2011.

Jerzy Bielecki was awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations in 1985.