His family’s story was revealed by the major motion picture, “Defiance,” and yet Zvi Bielski continues to travel the world to tell others how his father and uncles saved more than 1,000 Jews in World War II.

Chabad of SCV will host Bielski as a guest speaker at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11. Tickets costs $15 in advance, $18 at the door.

Tuvia, Asael and Zus Bielski fled to the woods to escape the Nazis while they were living in the Soviet Republic of Belarussia. The Russian brothers built an elaborate village for Jews.

“The movie ‘Defiance’ is actually about my dad and my uncles,” said Zvi Bielski, who lives in New York. Bielski’s father, Zus Bielski, died in 1995 at the age of 83.

“In that part of the world, the Nazis were not putting Jews on trains, they were just taking them out to the fields in mass killings,” said Zvi Bielski. “Within a three-week period, they killed approximately half a million Jewish people.”

When Bielski’s father and uncles escaped, they could have kept running and saved themselves, but they didn’t, Zvi Bielski said.

“They armed themselves and decided to go back — first saving themselves, then relatives strangers and anyone they could find,” he said.

It’s an amazing story and eventually, all that will be left of it is the story, Bielski said.

“Defiance,” starring popular actor Daniel Craig as Tuvia Bielski, was released in theaters worldwide in January. Zus Bielski was portrayed by Liev Schreiber.

There was also a book titled, “The Bielski Brothers” by Peter Duffy, which was published in 2003.

“I grew up with the story since I was a little boy,” Zvi Bielski said. “It was a little victory amongst millions of people.” Bielski said he didn’t know about the concentration camps when he was a child.

“I knew Jews were getting killed during World War II. But as a child, I always thought we killed them, until I realized our story was extremely unique,” he said.

The Bielskis saved 1,250 men, women and children whose offspring today number close to 20,000 people, Zvi Bielski said.

As Bielski grew older, he realized his father was a hero.

“I realized the people at our parties that I grew up with were not my cousins, they were people my father and uncles had saved,” he said. “People were whispering in my ear ‘Do you know what your dad did? Your dad is a hero.’”

The Bielski story is unique, said Chabad of SCV’s Rabbi Choni Marozov.

“These were brothers whose parents were killed, they were pursued by the Nazis and they found the strength within them, not only to save themselves but to think of thousands of others seeking refuge,” Marozov said.

That sends an important message even today, he said.

“We’re living through difficult times but we can’t forget about others who are in need too,” Marozov said. “We have to think about others which is what the Bielski brothers really stood for.”

The cost to sponsor the event is $100.

RSVP by calling Chabad of SCV at (661) 254-3434 or visit chabadscv.com.

Chabad is located at 23120 Lyons Avenue in Newhall.