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Yisrael Kristal
Yisrael Kristal or Israel Kristal; was a Polish-Israeli confectioner, Holocaust survivor, and supercentenarian. In 2014, he was recognized as the oldest known living Holocaust survivor. Following the death of Yasutaro Koide on 18 January 2016, Kristal was recognized as the world's oldest living man. Born in Maleniec, Congress Poland, he survived the Łódź Ghetto and Auschwitz concentration camp dur…
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business · Polish-Israeli supercentenarian (1903–2017) · entrepreneur · pastry chef · also Yisrael Kristal, Israel Kristal, Kristal
Born 15 September 1903 · Died 11 August 2017 · Q22302045
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2014· 1 entry
Was recognized as the oldest known living Holocaust survivor
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1970· 1 entry
Returned to making his candies at home before retiring
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1952· 1 entry
Began manufacturing his candies at the Sar and Kristal Factory on Shivat Zion Street
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1950· 2 entries
The family immigrated to Israel on the ship Komemiyut and settled in Haifa
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Career landmark: emigration.
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1940· 1 entry
After the Germans had taken over Poland during World War II, Kristal continued to manufacture candy, at times secretly and at other times with the encouragement of the heads of the Łódź ghetto, among them Judenrat head,
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1914· 1 entry
Saw Kaiser Franz Joseph in person when the monarch rode through his town in a car, and recalled sweets being thrown as he passed
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1903· 1 entry
Born 1903-09-15.
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