JERUSALEM: Israeli media are reporting that the world's oldest man , who lived through both world wars and survived the Holocaust, has died a month short of his 114th birthday.Ynet on Saturday quoted Israel Kristal 's daughter as saying her father died Friday. Guinness World Records awarded Kristal a certificate as the world's oldest man last year.Kristal was born in Poland. During World War II he was sent to Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration camps. (L-R) Son (L) with grandchildren, Israel Kristal (2nd-R) with his certificate of achievement for Oldest Living man, his daughter (top) and Marco Frigatti, Head of Records for Guinness World Records presenting the certificate. (Image: AFP)Kristal survived the war _ the only survivor of his large Jewish family.He remarried and moved to Israel in 1950, where he built a family and a confectionary business.

Source: Economic Times August 12, 2017 12:58 UTC