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Jewish Architect Behind Temple Beth David Dies
Charles Egosi, a Nazi concentration camp survivor, was the designer and architect of this Commack community center.
A Jewish architect and concentration camp survivor behind one of Commack's iconic community landmarks has recently died.
Newsday reports Charles Egosi, of Sag Harbor, died on Oct. 11 of Parkinson's disease. He was 83.
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Egosi survived the Nazi's Beaune-la-Rolande conconcentration camp outside of Parish in World War II, being released when his father who was a chemical engineer developed a process to slow the freezing of plane fuel for the Italian government.
Egosi would eventually make his way to settle on Long Island to work for a Manhattan-based architecture firm. Over the years, he helped to build and design many synogogues across Long Island, including Temple Beth David in Commack.
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