Yisrael Kristal
Yisrael Kristal | |
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ישראל קרישטל | |
Kristal in 2016 | |
| Born | Izrael Icek Kryształ 15 September 1903 |
| Died | 11 August 2017 (aged 113 years, 330 days) Haifa, Israel |
| Nationality |
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| Known for | Oldest living man (18 January 2016 – 11 August 2017) Oldest survivor of the Holocaust |
| Spouse |
Chaja Feige Frucht
(m. 1928; died 1942)Batsheva Kristal
(m. 1947; died 1993) |
| Children | 4 |
Yisrael Kristal (or Israel Kristal; born Izrael Icek Kryształ; Hebrew: ישראל קרישטל; 15 September 1903 – 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 Żarnów, 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.