Oldest Holocaust Survivor In Israel Passes Away At Age 107
He survived the Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz, then spent decades restoring Jewish cemeteries and graves across Poland, identifying more than 3,000 missing burials.
- Yehuda Aharon Widavski, Israel's oldest Holocaust survivor who dedicated decades to restoring Jewish cemeteries in Poland, has died at age 107.
- Born in Turek, Poland, in 1919, Widavski endured the Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz-Birkenau before surviving the Friedland labor camp during the Nazi occupation.
- Returning to Poland in 1978, Widavski identified more than 3,000 graves and helped restore more than 7,000 gravestones, becoming central to preserving Jewish memory.
- In 2012, Widavski lit a torch at the state Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony; he leaves behind two children, six grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren.
- Immigrating to Israel in 1950, Widavski viewed his life as his answer to the Nazis, repeatedly stating, "I survived, built a family and lived in Israel.
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Yehuda Aaron Vidavsky, a younger brother, and an uncle were the only members of the family to survive the Nazi extermination of the Jews. The post The oldest Holocaust survivor dies at the age of 107 appeared first on in.gr.
YEHUDA Widawski, the oldest Holocaust survivor living in Israel, died yesterday at the age of 107.
Yehuda Aharon Vidafsky, who was considered the oldest Holocaust survivor in Israel, has died at the age of 107, Israeli media and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum reported. Vidafsky, who was born in Poland in 1919, died on Sunday, according to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Israeli media. Israeli President Isaac Herzog expressed his condolences to Vidafsky’s “wonderful family.” Vidafsky was a survivor of the Auschwitz concentratio…
Yehuda Aharon Widawski died at the age of 107, according to media reports.
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Born in Poland in 1919, Widawski was imprisoned with his family in the Lodz Ghetto following the Nazi invasion. He was later deported to Auschwitz, where he lost his parents and most of his siblings.
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