Английская Википедия:Alex Dancyg
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Alex Dancyg (Hebrew: אלכס דנציג; born 1948) is a Polish-born Israeli historian, Yad Vashem Institute contributor, farmer and an active advocate of Polish-Jewish dialogue.[1] Dancyg is a member of Kibbutz Nir-Oz and was kidnapped by Hamas militants to Gaza during the 2023 Nir-Oz massacre.[2]
Biography
Dancyg was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1948 to parents who were survivors of the Holocaust. In 1957, he and his family immigrated to Israel, where he joined the youth organisation Hashomer Hatzair, served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), including during several wars, and obtained a degree in history. He started a family on Kibbutz Nir-Oz, raising three children. In 1986, Dancyg returned to Poland for the first time in three decades and visited the Auschwitz death camp, which fuelled his interest in Holocaust education and the complicated Polish–Jewish relations[1][2] (for the post-Communist period see here).
In 1990, he started working with Yad Vashem, preparing tour guides chosen to accompany Israeli groups on their visits to Poland. His work at Yad Vashem also included lecturing and meeting educators and students from Poland and Israel.[1][3] Dancyg led a program for 120 Israeli and Polish schools to meet together during Israeli school trips to Poland.[4]
Dancyg received several awards, including the National Education Commission award – the highest honor from the Polish Education Ministry – and the Silver Cross of Merit from the then-president of Poland, the late Lech Kaczyński.[3][4]
Abduction by Hamas
On 7 October 2023, at the start of the 2023 Israel Hamas War, Dancyg was kidnapped by Hamas militants from Kibbutz Nir-Oz. His son, Mati Dancyg, said Alex Dancyg's last communication was a text he sent to his other son, Yuval Dancyg, at approximately 8:30 am that morning, in which Dancyg told them about the situation in the kibbutz.[5]
Dancyg's son and grandchildren survived the attack by hiding in their own shelter. His ex-wife also survived, by holding her missile proof shelter door shut for seven hours, protecting her and her three grandchildren.[4]
Murals with the hashtag "StandWithAlex" have been painted in Warsaw as part of a campaign to build pressure for his release.[4][6]
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