- First name
- Izaak Icek Majer Mejer Meir
- Last Name
- Krell
- Maiden name
- Date of birth
- 1869/1872/1880
- Place of birth
- Warsaw
- Gender
- male
- Mother's first name
- Fejga
- Mother's maiden name
- Father's first name
- Abraham
- Age
- 62/73
- In the family
- Marital status
- married
- Spouse's first name
- Róza Rajzla Weksler
- Occupation
- bank manager
- Country
- Poland
- City
- Częstochowa
- Street
- Okrzei
- City during the war
- Częstochowa
- Street during the war
- Notes
- He was a representative of various Italian and Polish insurance companies and, initially, he ran the Hamburger & Krell Insurance Association in Częstochowa. He later had many subordinates and workers running his business and he devoted himself to social activities. He was a religious, traditionalist Jews, dressing in the Hassidic fashion. He was one of the most outstanding leaders of the Częstochowa orthodox organization Agudas Yisroel. He was a board member of "Linas Ha’Tzedek" Society to Aid Sick and Poor Jews and of the "Beis Lechem" Society to Aid Against Extreme Poverty. He served on the Committee of Management of the Chevra Kadisha Burial Society and in the City Council. He belonged to the Zionist "Agudas Ha’Tsionim" Society. While being conducted to a carriage, barefooted but with his head held high, he shouted to Jews not yet in the carriages: "Brothers and sisters! We will plead with God for you in the after world."
- Place of death
- Treblinka
- Date of death
- Source
AŻIH 301/2074, rel. Dawid Koniecpoler; YVP Dawid Koniecpoler (granddaughter); "Żydzi częstochowscy: słownik biograficzny", s. 271-272
- Record ID
- 1325
- Date of inclusion in the database
- 13.03.2017
- Date of modification
- 10.09.2024
- Wall of Names
- Izaak Majer KRELL, 62, plaque E084
- Photo description
- Izaak Krell
- Source of photo (text)
- Yad Vashem
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