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Alex Konstantyn

Variazh, Poland

In Hiding

1937

Alex Konstantyn

Variazh, Poland

1937

Alex Konstantyn was born in Variazh, Poland in 1937. In 1941, the fear of the Nazis forced the family out of their home, seeking refuge in the countryside. The father of the family was poisoned by a farmer, and the burden of survival was assumed by the mother. She had to contend with two powerful enemies, the Nazis and the hunger. 

During the last two years of the German occupation, Alex and his mother were sheltered by a kind Polish landowner in a small underground bunker. 

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After the war, Alex’s mother remarried, and the family moved to Israel. Alex completed high-school and spend two and a half years in the Israeli army. After his army service, he joined the family in America. Following graduation from college and the Jewish Theological Seminary,

Alex dedicated his life to Jewish education. 

Alex retired in 2009 from his position as Principal of the East Meadow Jewish Center. He and his wife, Susan, presently reside in Boca Raton, Florida, and are blessed with two children, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

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