Iancu Țucărman
Iancu Țucărman | |
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Born | |
Died | 8 January 2021 Bucharest, Romania | (aged 98)
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Nationality | Romanian |
Occupation | Agricultural engineer |
Known for | Surviving the Holocaust and the Iași pogrom |
Awards | National Order of Merit (2007) Honorary citizenship of Iași (2011) National Order of Faithful Service in the "Knight" rank (2016) |
Iancu Țucărman (30 October 1922 – 8 January 2021) was a Romanian Jewish agricultural engineer[1] and survivor of the Holocaust and the Iași pogrom. He died in 8 January 2021 at age 98 after getting infected by COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania.[2][3][4] He was the penultimate survivor of the "Train of the Dead" (Trenul morți) that was used to deport Jews from the Iași railway station[2] after Leonard Zăicescu.[5] Țucărman was buried at the on 11 January 2021.[6]
Țucărman received several awards and honours in his lifetime. In 2007, President of Romania Traian Băsescu gave him the National Order of Merit.[7] Later, in 2011, Țucărman was given honorary citizenship of the city of Iași.[8] Finally, in 2016, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis gave him the National Order of Faithful Service in the rank of "Knight".[9]
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- ^ Iancu, Mariana (27 January 2016). "Drama unui evreu care a supraviețuit în trenul morții: "Cadavrele erau stivuite ca lemnele. Stăteam pe ele ca pe scaune"". Adevărul (in Romanian).
- ^ Jump up to: a b Darvari, Alex (9 January 2021). "A murit Iancu Țucărman, penultimul supraviețuitor al "trenurilor morții" din timpul Pogromului". Newsweek România (in Romanian).
- ^ Cristescu, George Andrei (8 January 2021). "Iancu Țucărman, supraviețuitor al Pogromului de la Iași, a murit din cauza COVID-19". Adevărul (in Romanian).
- ^ Muraru, Andrei (9 January 2021). "Vagonul lui Iancu". Republica.ro (in Romanian).
- ^ Andrieș, Maria (6 December 2019). "Supraviețuitor al Holocaustului, Leonard Zaicescu își povestește viața, spaimele și speranțele pentru cititorii Libertatea: "E posibil să rămâi om și în condiții imposibile!"". Libertatea (in Romanian).
- ^ Tuta, Radu; Păun, Cătălina (11 January 2021). "București - funeralii - Iancu Țucărman". Agerpres (in Romanian).
- ^ ""Decret nr. 891 din 8 octombrie 2007 privind conferirea unor ordine naționale; emitent Președintele României"" (in Romanian). Portal Legislativ. 2007. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ "Șase supraviețuitori ai Pogromului din 1941 vor deveni cetățeni de onoare ai Iașului". Curierul de Iași (in Romanian). 1 April 2011.
- ^ Ghiță, Oana (27 June 2016). Tănăsescu, Georgiana (ed.). "Președinție: Marcel Fișel, Iancu Țucărman și Leonard Zăicescu - decorați pentru contribuția la păstrarea memoriei Holocaustului". Agerpres (in Romanian).
- 1922 births
- 2021 deaths
- Romanian agronomists
- Holocaust survivors
- People from Iași
- Moldavian Jews
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
- Recipients of the National Order of Merit (Romania)
- Recipients of the National Order of Faithful Service