Flashermac Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 (CNN) -- A 112 year-old Israeli man, who is an Auschwitz survivor, has become the world's oldest living man, the Guinness World Records organization said Friday. Israel Kristal, who is 112 years and 178 days as of Friday, received his Guinness World Records' certificate at his home in Haifa. "I don't know the secret for long life," he told the record keepers. "I believe that everything is determined from above, and we shall never know the reasons why. There have been smarter, stronger and better looking men then me who are no longer alive. All that is left for us to do is to keep on working as hard as we can and rebuild what is lost." Kristal was born in Poland, near the town of Zarnow, on September 15, 1903. He has lived through both World Wars and survived the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz in 1943, where he lost his wife, according to Guinness World Records. Their two children died in Lodz during the World War II German occupation, the Jerusalem Post reported. He moved to Haifa in 1950. The oldest living person is American Susannah Mushatt Jones, who is 116 years, 249 days old. http://edition.cnn.c...linkId=22192633 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Mrs. Jones must be about the only person left that was born in the 1800's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 I want to see his birth certificate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasathai1 Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 only one that makes the news more likely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneSoup Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 I love the headline: http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/susannah-mushatt-jones-116-bacon-longevity/2015/10/07/id/695114/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 I want to see his birth certificate. I didn't realise you were a Birther. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Penis is hungry Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 I notice they don;t ask what is the reason for your long life. Bloody lucky I'd answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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