Individual Details
Rabbi Jacob "Yekele" Türkl
(7 Sep 1899 - 25 Oct 1942)
Rabbi Jekel Turkel (sound Yekli Tuerkl) was a prominent Rabbi, descendant of famous Rabbis, Levi`im dynesty.
He was born 1900 in Tarnopol to Rabbi Shraga Feiv`l and was named after Rabbi Yaakov Weidenfeld, his grandfather on his mother's side. He learned in the cloise of Husiatin and Chortkov. Then he was sent to learn in Buchach, with the prominent Rabbi RMZ"W - Mordechai Zeev Wolf Turkel, the brother of his grand father (Rabbi Eliezer-Lippe Turkel).
At the beginning of WWI (1914) they moved to Vienna.
In 1928 he married Brand`l (Bronia) Backenroth from Schodnice and moved there.
Rabbi Jekel remained prominent learner, even though he was secularily educated.
The people of Sambor attempted to rescue R` Jekel from being prosecuted by the Nazis.
Regardless, he was taken with his family to Belzitz in September 1942 and was killed two months later.
ref.
1. German papers about Holocaust victims: "Polen/unbekanntes Lager"
2. http://horabis.blogspot.co.il/2007/10/blog-post_11.html
3. http://turkel.org.il/FAMOUS/Yekel.htm
He was born 1900 in Tarnopol to Rabbi Shraga Feiv`l and was named after Rabbi Yaakov Weidenfeld, his grandfather on his mother's side. He learned in the cloise of Husiatin and Chortkov. Then he was sent to learn in Buchach, with the prominent Rabbi RMZ"W - Mordechai Zeev Wolf Turkel, the brother of his grand father (Rabbi Eliezer-Lippe Turkel).
At the beginning of WWI (1914) they moved to Vienna.
In 1928 he married Brand`l (Bronia) Backenroth from Schodnice and moved there.
Rabbi Jekel remained prominent learner, even though he was secularily educated.
The people of Sambor attempted to rescue R` Jekel from being prosecuted by the Nazis.
Regardless, he was taken with his family to Belzitz in September 1942 and was killed two months later.
ref.
1. German papers about Holocaust victims: "Polen/unbekanntes Lager"
2. http://horabis.blogspot.co.il/2007/10/blog-post_11.html
3. http://turkel.org.il/FAMOUS/Yekel.htm
Events
| Birth | 7 Sep 1899 | Tarnopol, Galicia, Austria-Hungary |  | ||
| Census | 1910 | House Number 59 - Perla 15, Tarnopol, Galicia, Austria-Hungary |  | | |
| Marriage | 1922 | Schiffschule, Vienna, Austria - Breindel Bronia Backenroth | |||
| Residence | 1939 | ||||
| Death | 25 Oct 1942 | Murdered in The Holocaust - Belzitz (Drohobil) | |||
| Alt name | Yaakov Türkel | ||||
| Residence | 1900-28 Tarnopol-Husiatin-Buczacz Ct-Vienna 1928 Schodnice-Sambor 1942 Belzitz | ||||
| Occupation | Rabi | ||||
| Education | Husiatin and Chortkov also Buczacz |
Families
| Spouse | Breindel Bronia Backenroth (1901 - 1942) |
| Child | Rachel Golda Turkel (1923 - 1942) |
| Child | Samuel Türkel (1924 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Herta Turkel (1927 - 1942) |
| Father | Rabbi Shragah Feiwel Leiber "Leib" Türkl (1875 - 1942) |
| Mother | Leah Zlata Weidenfeld (1876 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Ester Jüdes Erna "Judith" Türkl (1900 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Samuel Leib Türkel (1900 - 1943) |
| Sibling | Mordechai Markus Mottle "Mottle" Türkl (1902 - 1965) |
| Sibling | Chaya Perla "Perl" Türkl (1904 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Jetti Feige "Yetty" Türkl (1909 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Channa "Anny" Türkel (1910 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Shabtai "Szabse" Türkel (1911 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Itzhak "Isaak" Türkel (1920 - 1942) |
Notes
Census
Tarnopol Jewish Census (1910), Database: Ternopil Oblast (DATO), Fond 32, Series 1, Volume /113a/, Photo IMG_4118.jpg, Number 750, Page /19 V/Endnotes
1. Tarnopol AGAD BM 1898-99.
2. Tarnopol Jewish Census (1910), Database: Ternopil Oblast (DATO), Fond 32, Series 1, Volume /113a/, Photo IMG_4118.jpg, Number 750, Page /19 V/.