Porpoise101
March 12th, 2016, 11:33 PM
"Israel Kristal is 112 years and 178 days old. That's quite an achievement.*On*Friday, representatives of Guinness World Records*came to his home in Haifa, Israel, to officially give him a certificate. He's now officially the*world's oldest living man.
Remarkably, it's even*more of an achievement than it sounds. Kristal was born in Poland on Sept. 15, 1903. He*survived*World War I as a child,*but his father, his sole remaining parent, was killed by Russian soldiers during the conflict. He*moved to the city of*Lodz, Poland, as a teenage orphan, eventually finding*work making candy.
When the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939, Israel moved into the Jewish ghetto in the city of Lodz. Four years later, by which time he was in his*late 30s, Kristal's family was sent to Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi death*camp."
Read more here:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/03/12/the-oldest-man-in-the-world-survived-auschwitz/
It's pretty inspirational. Maybe scientists will find out his genes and extend all of our lives, or maybe he will just quietly live out his life. I guess it just goes to show how strong human will can be.
Remarkably, it's even*more of an achievement than it sounds. Kristal was born in Poland on Sept. 15, 1903. He*survived*World War I as a child,*but his father, his sole remaining parent, was killed by Russian soldiers during the conflict. He*moved to the city of*Lodz, Poland, as a teenage orphan, eventually finding*work making candy.
When the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939, Israel moved into the Jewish ghetto in the city of Lodz. Four years later, by which time he was in his*late 30s, Kristal's family was sent to Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi death*camp."
Read more here:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/03/12/the-oldest-man-in-the-world-survived-auschwitz/
It's pretty inspirational. Maybe scientists will find out his genes and extend all of our lives, or maybe he will just quietly live out his life. I guess it just goes to show how strong human will can be.