Individual Details

Dr. Marek Türkel

(10 Oct 1892 - 14 Jan 1965)

Lviv PSA AGAD Births 1889-99; Son of Jakob - the same Marek in this database. Survived Holocaust. The Wojdylaks farmed at Zielonka, near Przemysl. In July 1942 the Germans formed the Przemysl ghetto from which they deported the Jews to Belzec. Dr. Marek Turkel, his wife Diana and their two children (14 and 8), the lawyer Aleksander Kronberg and his wife, Mundek Fast-Falat and his wife Stefania and Jakub Reinbach came to the Wojdylaks for shelter. All of them survived and most of them left Poland. Jakub Reinbach, who lives now in Przemysl, confirmed the saving of these nine (9) people, who maintained cordial contacts with the Wojdylaks. See: Grynberg, op. cit.
http://www.savingjews.org/righteous/wv.htm

Events

Birth10 Oct 1892Sambor (Bolechow), Galicia, Austria-Hungary
EducationAft 1911Medical Studies - Lwów (Lemberg) University, Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
Graduation1922Dr. Physician; Medicine - Lwów (Lemberg) University, Lwow (Lemberg), Galicia, Austria-Hungary
OccupationAft 1922MD, Famous Surgeon
Alt name1936Marek Turkel
Alt name1938Mark Tuerkel
ResidenceFrom Est 1942 to 1945Belzec Concentration Camp, Poland
ResidenceBef 1942Przemysl, Poland
EmigrationNov 1947Destination America - from Basel, Basel-Stadt, Schweiz, Genua, Italy
ArrivalNov 1947Salinas; Guayaquil
DepartureNov 1947Genua, Italy
Alt nameAft Nov 1947Marco Turkel
ResidenceAft Nov 1947Quito, Ecuador
Arrival5 May 1957Miami, Dade, Florida, United States
Arrival14 Apr 1960Miami, Dade, Florida, United States
ResidenceAft 1962New York, New York, United States
Burial14 Jan 1965Grave Memorial# 114590925 - Mount Ararat Cemetery, Route 109, Zip 11735, East Farmingdale, Suffolk, New York, United States
Death14 Jan 1965Massachusetts, United States

Families

SpouseDiana Safrin (1901 - 2000)
ChildDr. Victor "Witold" Turkel (1928 - 1994)
ChildJanka "Juanita" Turkel (1938 - 1988)
FatherJacob "Jankel" Türkel (1860 - )
MotherClara "Chasza" Meth (1860 - )
SiblingEmanuel Osias Türkel (1890 - )
SiblingGenia Türkel (1900 - 1986)
SiblingJosephine Türkel (1905 - 1942)

Notes

Birth

Bolechow PSA AGAD B1877-94, Akta 1314, Syg 584; http://agadd.home.net.pl/metrykalia/300/sygn.%20584/images/PL_1_300_584_0162.jpg

Education

Lwow (Lemberg) University Jewish Medical Students/Doctors (1894-1918) database, fond 26, series 15, volume 837. The original records are held in State Archive of Lviv Oblast (DALO) and were added to this search engine on 11 August 2021. The Gesher Galicia unique record ID is GG-lwow_univ_1894_1918_jewish_medical_students_expanded_final_r-1377

Graduation

Lwow (Lemberg) University Jewish Medical Students/Doctors (1894-1918) database, fond 26, series 15, volume 837. The original records are held in State Archive of Lviv Oblast (DALO) and were added to this search engine on 11 August 2021. The Gesher Galicia unique record ID is GG-lwow_univ_1894_1918_jewish_medical_students_expanded_final_r-1377

Alt name

https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/przemysl/prz231.html#12r

Emigration

Swiss Overseas Emigration, 1910-1953

Alt name

Name as written in Ecuador

Arrival

New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967

Arrival

New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967

Death

According to Andrew Tirkel he died in 1969 in Quito, Ecuador which conflicts with official records from the United States

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Swiss Overseas Emigration, 1910-1953 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008).

2. Ancestry.com, Swiss Overseas Emigration, 1910-1953 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008).

3. Ancestry.com, Swiss Overseas Emigration, 1910-1953 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008).

4. Ancestry.com, Florida, U.S., Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1898-1963 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger and Crew Manifests of Airplanes Arriving at Miami, Florida.; NAI Number: 2788541; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85.

5. Ancestry.com, Florida, U.S., Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1898-1963 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels and Airplanes Arriving at Miami, Florida.; NAI Number: 2771998; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85.

6. Ancestry.com, Florida, U.S., Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1898-1963 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger and Crew Manifests of Airplanes Arriving at Miami, Florida.; NAI Number: 2788541; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85.

7. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1970-2003 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).

8. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1970-2003 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).