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THEN...
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...and NOW |
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Name: |
Alex Auswaks -
Known amongst Betarim
as Dubon (nickname
bestowed by Danny Rosing) |
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Joined Betar: |
6 February 1942 (on my
eighth birthday) in
Tientsin, China |
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Why?: |
'cause my hero was on
parade and I was told that
if I joined Betar I'd be on parade behind him
and I
did but he returned to Harbin and was executed
by the Japanese auhorities. I stayed. |
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Wot've I been doing
since I left Australia?: |
Went to UK for six
months but lost return ticket
and stayed there till 1989, when I came to
Israel,
and couldn't find the railway station to go back.
Was a
thoroughly bad college lecturer. Then a
cheerful copy editor. |
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Where I live: |
No landlord or
landlady anywhere would take my
cats and me, but a kindly Aussie
landlady agreed
to take us in and the apartment is in Jerusalem.
As
usual, can't find way out (I was always bad at
scouting). |
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Wot I do, cobbers: |
At present, under
orders from our esteemed
Webmaster am trawling my (lousy) memory for
the
early history of Sydney Betar. Writing
Jerusalem: Something for
everyone. Reviewing
for
www.crimebuff.com. I am, of course, a very
considerable
authority on Jerusalem cafes. Come
visit and I'll shout youse lot a
selection of my
favourite. |
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Orders of Chivalry: |
As I am also secretary of the Israel
League for the
Restoration of the Monarchy, Harry Stuart gets a
special
Order of Chivalry for this website. Cups of
coffee for anyone correctly
answering: "Why is
this Knight different from other knights?" |
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Cheers to anyone who remembers me. Do
keep
in touch.
Please email
Aaron
for his address. - Editor.
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