Guinness World Records crowns Israeli man and Auschwitz survivor, 112, as world’s oldest man

The Associated Press 

 Marco Frigatti, Head of Records for Guinness World Records, left, presents Israel Kristal a certificate for being the oldest living man.  Dvir Rosen / Guinness World Records via AP

JERUSALEM — Guinness World Records says a 112-year-old Israeli who lived through both World Wars and survived the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz is the world’s oldest man.
   Guinness awarded Israel Kristal a certificate at his home in Haifa on Friday. It quoted Kristal as saying that he doesn’t “know the secret for long life.”
   Kristal says: “I believe that everything is determined from above and we shall never know the reasons why.”...Continue reading...