| Jozef Zurek | |
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| Birth: | 31 August 1909 Gacki, Germany (now Gacki, Kuyavia-Pomerania, Poland) |
| Death: | 20 March 2018 Czarnowo, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland |
| Age: | 108 years, 200 days |
| Country: |  POL
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| Centenarian | |
Jozef Zurek [Polish: Józef Żurek] (31 August 1909 – 20 March 2018) was a Polish centenarian who was the oldest known living man in Poland since the death of 107-year-old Jozef Plawski on 9 April 2017 and the third-oldest known living Polish-born man, behind Gustav Gerneth and Joe Bach, who lived in Germany and the USA respectively.
Biography
Jozef Zurek was born in Gacki, Germany (now Gacki, Kuyavia-Pomerania Voivodeship, Poland), on 31 August 1909. He joined the army in 1930. Upon the outbreak of World War II, Zurek fought in the 1939 September campaign and the Battle of Bzura, whereupon he got into German captivity. He returned home in 1946.
In 2009, on his 100th birthday, he was promoted to Lieutenant. He became the oldest known man in Poland aged 107, following the death of Jozef Plawski on 9 April 2017. On 31 August 2017, he celebrated his 108th birthday.
Zurek died in Czarnowo, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland on 20 March 2018 at the age of 108 years, 200 days.
References
| Poland's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Walenty Cabon • Jan Michalski • Frument Jaroszynski • Wlodzimierz Rogosz • Jan Szarpala • Wojciech Blicharz • Wlodzimierz Gojlik • Ferdynand Pacak • Wladyslaw Ratman • Boleslaw Kliszewski • Jozef Jankiewicz • Feliks Kowalkowski • Franciszek Karwowski • Pawel Parniak • Jozef Kos • Boleslaw Adamek • Konstanty Jung • Jozef Szyszko • Stefan Modrzejewski • Antoni Dobrowolski • Roman Krus • Antoni Wojciechowski • Stanislaw Swidzinski • Jozef Plawski • Jozef Zurek • Stanislaw Kowalski • Kazimierz Klimczak • Stanislaw Pelka • Wladyslaw Fidos • Wladyslaw Zagorski |