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.
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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)

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