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 was the penultimate survivor of the "Death's Train" (Trenul morții) that was used to deport Jews from the Iași railway station[2] after Leonard Zăicescu.[3] Țucărman was buried at the Giurgiului Jewish Cemetery of Bucharest on 11 January 2021.[4]
Iancu Țucărman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 October 1922 |
| Died | 8 January 2021 (aged 98) |
| Burial place | Giurgiului Jewish Cemetery of Bucharest |
| 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) |
Țucărman received several awards and honours in his lifetime. In 2007, President of Romania Traian Băsescu gave him the National Order of Merit.[5] Later, in 2011, Țucărman was given honorary citizenship of the city of Iași.[6] Finally, in 2016, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis gave him the National Order of Faithful Service in the rank of "Knight".[7]
He died on 8 January 2021, at age 98, after getting infected by COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania.[2][8][9]
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edit- ^ 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).
- ^ a b Darvari, Alex (9 January 2021). "A murit Iancu Țucărman, penultimul supraviețuitor al "trenurilor morții" din timpul Pogromului". Newsweek România (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). Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ ""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). Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ 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 (in Romanian).