Guinness: Israel Holocaust survivor, 112, world's oldest man
JERUSALEM (AP) — A 112-year-old Israeli who lived through both World Wars and survived the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz is the world's oldest man, Guinness World Records announced on Friday.
Marco Frigatti, Head of Records for Guinness awarded Kristal a certificate at his home in Haifa on Friday.
During the Nazi occupation of Poland he was confined to the ghetto there and later sent to the Auschwitz and other concentration camps.
Kristal survived World War II weighing only 37 kilograms (about 81 pounds) — the only survivor of his large family.