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Yisrael Kristal
1903–2017
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Occupation
- entrepreneur
Yisrael Kristal (or Israel Kristal; born Izrael Icek KrysztaÅ; Hebrew: ×שר×× ×§×¨×ש××; 15 September 1903 â 11 August 2017) was a Polish-Israeli supercentenarian recognized in 2014 as the oldest living Holocaust survivor.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Zigeunerlager AuschwitzDates unknown
- Zigeunerlager AuschwitzDates unknown
Biography
Yisrael Kristal (or Israel Kristal; born Izrael Icek KrysztaÅ; Hebrew: ×שר×× ×§×¨×ש××; 15 September 1903 â 11 August 2017) was a Polish-Israeli supercentenarian recognized in 2014 as the oldest living Holocaust survivor. After the death of Yasutaro Koide, of Japan, on 18 January 2016, he was also recognized as the oldest living man. Born in 1903 to religious parents in Maleniec, near Å»arnów, then part of Poland of the Russian Empire, Kristal remained religiously observant all his life. A confectioner by profession, he experienced World War I as an early teen, and World War II as an adult. After surviving the Holocaust, he emigrated to Israel.
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