He Survived the Holocaust and Communism, but His Journey Came to an End at Sydney’s Bondi

Alex Kleytman, 87, was among 15 killed in the Bondi Beach terror attack

Larissa Kleytman, the wife of victim Alex Kleytman, leaves St. Vincent’s Hospital following a shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia on Dec. 14, 2025. AAP Image/Dean Lewins

One victim of the Sydney mass shooting targeting a Jewish Hanukkah event survived the Soviet Union and the Holocaust under Adolf Hitler, only to be gunned down on the sunny beach of Bondi.

Fifteen victims and one gunman are confirmed dead, and over 40 were injured when a father-son duo opened fire on Dec. 14. The incident is arguably the country’s worst mass shooting in three decades since the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre.