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Yisrael Kristal

1903 to 2017 5 documented presences 5 places

Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Yisrael Kristal across 5 places, from 1903 to 2017. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Yisrael Kristal (or Israel Kristal; born Izrael Icek Kryształ; 15 September 1903 – 11 August 2017) was a Polish-Israeli supercentenarian recognized in 2014 as the oldest living Holocaust survivor.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Yisrael Kristal was documented, and when

15 September 1903exact date
Maleniec, Końskie Countyattested “Kristal was born to a religious Jewish family in Maleniec, Końskie County, near Żarnów, then part of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire, on 15 September 1903.” source: Wikipedia: Yisrael Kristal
15 September 1903exact date
Żarnówattested “Kristal was born to a religious Jewish family in Maleniec, Końskie County, near Żarnów, then part of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire, on 15 September 1903.” source: Wikipedia: Yisrael Kristal
August 1944month
Auschwitz concentration campattested “His two children died in the ghetto, while Kristal and his wife were deported to Auschwitz concentration camp during the liquidation of the ghetto in August 1944.” source: Wikipedia: Yisrael Kristal
23 February 2014exact date
Londonattested “Following the death of 110-year-old Alice Herz-Sommer in London on 23 February 2014, Kristal became recognized as the world's oldest known Holocaust survivor (though he was actually a few months older than she was).” source: Wikipedia: Yisrael Kristal
11 August 2017exact date
Haifaattested “Kristal died at his home in Haifa on 11 August 2017, at age 113 years, 10 months.” source: Wikipedia: Yisrael Kristal

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Places Yisrael Kristal is documented in

Auschwitz concentration camp1 presence · 1944London1 presence · 2014
Haifa1 presence · 2017
Maleniec, Końskie County1 presence · 1903
Żarnów1 presence · 1903

Other places tied to Yisrael Kristal in the record

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Łódźmentioned “In 1920, at age 17, he moved to Łódź.” source: Wikipedia: Yisrael Kristal
1950year
Haifamentioned “In 1950, the family immigrated to Israel on the ship Komemiyut and settled in Haifa.” source: Wikipedia: Yisrael Kristal
1950year
Israelmentioned “In 1950, the family immigrated to Israel on the ship Komemiyut and settled in Haifa.” source: Wikipedia: Yisrael Kristal

Documented at the same place, the same year

Etty HillesumAuschwitz concentration camp · 1944Ágnes HellerAuschwitz concentration camp · 1944Viktor UllmannAuschwitz concentration camp · 1944Prince (musician)London · 2014Kate BushLondon · 2014Chris ReaLondon · 2014Benedict CumberbatchLondon · 2014Van MorrisonLondon · 2014Alice Herz-SommerLondon · 2014

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Sources

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