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Teper, Alexander-Zusia

Teper, Alexander-Zusia


Son of Meir and Sluva, a Holocaust survivor, have rebuilt their home in Israel. Born in Jerusalem on January 31, 1952, he studied at the “Darom” elementary school and was a good student of his friends and teachers, and when he was in seventh grade the family moved to Givatayim and Alexander immediately acclimatized to the new place and completed successfully. He joined the Hashomer Hatzair movement as an apprentice and later as a counselor in the local ken, with a lot of trips to the Dead Sea area and the mountains of Jerusalem, and he was one of the best instructors and beloved of the apprentices and continued his studies at the ORT technical school in Givatayim During this period, he developed into an adult and whole, in order to cultivate his physical fitness for his poetry He was very sociable, cheerful and Simcha, and was very interested in what was going on in the world and in Israel, since he had technical talent before being drafted to the Air Force Technical School, where he studied briefly. To the IDF at the end of November 1970 and was assigned as an Armored Corps officer to an armored unit. He had successfully completed a five-turret course and was about to volunteer for a career army. Only after his fall did his parents learn that he had spent three years in the north and that he had participated in all the incidents in the north and the armored raids on Lebanon and that he was often under enemy fire. In his difficult and complex position, his commanders and colleagues appreciated the technical squad. On the 17th of Elul 5733 (14.9.1973), Sgt. Alexander fell in the line of duty and was put to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul, in a letter of condolences to the family: “Your son Alexander was a technical squad member in a tank company And he was responsible for maintaining their level of maintenance, and he participated in all the northern incidents and raids on southern Lebanon, and he performed his role impeccably, was admired by the soldiers of his company and was appreciated. ” His family published a book called “Alex”.

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