Individual Details
Emanuel Wilhelm Turkel
(3 Jul 1911 - 15 May 1988)
Testimony by Inacio Steinhardt:
"I have known Immanuel Turkel around 1942/3, when I was 9 or 10 years old.
He was a refugee in Portugal and used to visit our home quite often.
Turkel was an engineer, of Polish origin, but he came from France. His wife
was French and they a little daughter.
I believe that the couple separated still in Portugal, and Immanuel and the
girl emigrated further to the USA.
I know he was in touch with an old friend of us, a Mr. I Wakman, that came
also from Portugal, and that he lived in New York, from where he used to
write to us."
"I would imagine that when I met him, Mr. Turkel would be on his late 30'd.
Being a refugee, I suppose that he had to renew his residence permit every
month, and be told every time that he would have to leave the country within
30 days. So I would say that he emigrated to the US as soon as he got a visa
and probably in 1944 at the latest.
As I said he used to write to my father, at least once a year for Rosh
Hashana. I was in New York for the first time around 1967. I met the Wakmans
and if I am not wrong I spoke then to Mr. Turkel over the phone.
While writing to you I looked at an old address book and I found:
Emmanuel Turkel - 51 Fifth Avenue - New York NY 10003 (so probably this was
the spelling). I figure that this was a business address. I am sure that he
came from France and probably married there.
Mr. Wackman died a long time ago. He had three daughters who also are not so
young anymore. The two oldest must be now on their 85s. But he had a younger
daughter, born in Portugal around 1940 and she lives in Israel. She will
probably remember Emmanuel Turkel. She lives in Ramat Gan and her name is
Mrs. Margalit Zwibel.
I have just made a search in the Social Security death index and I found a:
Emanuel Turkel - born 3-July-1911 - died 15-May-1988 in New York NY 10003
So this must be him."
"I have known Immanuel Turkel around 1942/3, when I was 9 or 10 years old.
He was a refugee in Portugal and used to visit our home quite often.
Turkel was an engineer, of Polish origin, but he came from France. His wife
was French and they a little daughter.
I believe that the couple separated still in Portugal, and Immanuel and the
girl emigrated further to the USA.
I know he was in touch with an old friend of us, a Mr. I Wakman, that came
also from Portugal, and that he lived in New York, from where he used to
write to us."
"I would imagine that when I met him, Mr. Turkel would be on his late 30'd.
Being a refugee, I suppose that he had to renew his residence permit every
month, and be told every time that he would have to leave the country within
30 days. So I would say that he emigrated to the US as soon as he got a visa
and probably in 1944 at the latest.
As I said he used to write to my father, at least once a year for Rosh
Hashana. I was in New York for the first time around 1967. I met the Wakmans
and if I am not wrong I spoke then to Mr. Turkel over the phone.
While writing to you I looked at an old address book and I found:
Emmanuel Turkel - 51 Fifth Avenue - New York NY 10003 (so probably this was
the spelling). I figure that this was a business address. I am sure that he
came from France and probably married there.
Mr. Wackman died a long time ago. He had three daughters who also are not so
young anymore. The two oldest must be now on their 85s. But he had a younger
daughter, born in Portugal around 1940 and she lives in Israel. She will
probably remember Emmanuel Turkel. She lives in Ramat Gan and her name is
Mrs. Margalit Zwibel.
I have just made a search in the Social Security death index and I found a:
Emanuel Turkel - born 3-July-1911 - died 15-May-1988 in New York NY 10003
So this must be him."
Events
| Alt name | 3 Jul 1911 | Emanuel Turkel |  | ||
| Birth | 3 Jul 1911 | Zacerkiewna 7, Tarnopol, Galicia, Austria-Hungary |  | ||
| Education | Abt 1929 | Gymnasium, Lwow (Lemberg), Galicia, Austria-Hungary | |||
| Education | Abt 1938 | Bordeaux Univ, France | |||
| Military | 1940 - 1945 | French Army in WWII - France | |||
| Immigration | 7 Sep 1948 | Age: 37 - from Lisbon Portugal on Ship: Nea Hellas, New York, New York, United States | | ||
| Soc Sec No | Bef 1951 | 125-24-7102, NY | | ||
| Residence | Until 1988 | 51 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States | |||
| Death | 15 May 1988 | Zip 10003, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Francescka Hecht (1910 - 2005) |
| Child | Sherry Barbara Turkel |
| Father | Nisen Hersch "Herman" "Herman" Türkel (1873 - 1937) |
| Mother | Lea Bassia Taub-Wartenberg (1876 - ) |
| Sibling | Leib Leon Türkel (1896 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Raisel Turkel (1899 - ) |
| Sibling | Żanetta Turkel (1900 - ) |
| Sibling | Mina Turkel (1902 - 1903) |
| Sibling | Fryderyka Sala Ernestyna Türkel (1904 - ) |
| Sibling | Gusta Adella Turkel (1907 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Tarnopol PSA AGAD Births, 1906-13, Syg 2965, Page 51, Akt 253http://agadd.home.net.pl/metrykalia/300/sygn.%202965/pages/1_300_0_0_2965_0055.htmEndnotes
1. Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014), Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File.
2. Ancestry.com, New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1948; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Line: 11; Page Number: 268.
3. Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014), Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File.