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Dr. Moshe Landau ZÓL
From the March, 2009 Newsletter in Hebrew ( only short part is translated)
Moshe was born in 1917 to Yehuda Leib and Rivka Landau of Krakow. His sister Leah was born 3 years later.
Yehuda Leib was an insurance agent. He would read from the Torah to the members of his synagogue in Krakow. He spoke Hebrew to his son and raised him as a Zionist.
Moshe attended the ÒChederÓ for seven years and then the ÒGimnasia IvritÓ in Krakow.
Moshe was an excellent student and received a stipend to attend the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Moshe was an active member and leader of the youth movement ÒAkivaÓ and spend the year after his graduation from the Gimnasia, organizing and establishing new branches of
Akiva all around Poland.
In 1937 he came to Eretz Israel to attend the Hebrew University. He received a Visa as a student. He studied History and after receiving his masters he became a teacher in Kiryat Mozkin and in 1945 headed the high school in Hedera. He married Tirza nee Davidson in 1946 and they had a son and a daughter ( today there are 6 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren)
In 1951 the family moved to Tel Aviv and Moshe headed .'Tichon Ironi HaiÕ for 31
years.
He
was a very special educator who cared much about the needs of his students and
involved them in the decision makings of the school. He encouraged the students
to be open minded and to care about the community and those who are less
fortunate. In 1973 he received his PhD. From the Hebrew University and wrote 2
books.
He
received many awards.
He cared much about the perished community of Krakow. His parents and sisted perished with the rest of the community during the Shoah. Moshe did much to keep their memory alive by awarding students with stipends named for those who perished and other such activities. For the rest go to the original newsletter on Krakow main page.
Rivka Landau was born in Krakow in 1881 to Zeev and Lea. She was a housewife and married to Yehuda. Prior to WWII she lived in Krakow, Poland. During the war she was in Wieliczka, Poland. Rivka perished in 1942 in Belzec, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 07-Aug-1956 by her son
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