Holocaust survivor Jack Mikulincer was struck and killed by a car in Brooklyn on February 5, 2022, as he and his friend Jehuda Lindenblatt, also a Holocaust survivor. walked to synagogue for Shabbat services.
Jack was born in Czechoslovakia in 1923 and passed away at the age of 99. During the Holocaust, he fought for the Red Army as a cook and then a German and Hungarian interpreter before being confined in the Stanisławów Ghetto.
In 1980, Jack recorded his Holocaust testimony with Professor Yaffa Eliach at the Center for Holocaust Studies in Brooklyn, which merged with the Museum in 1990. In this portion from his audio testimony, he describes the antisemitic measures taken by the Hungarians following occupation in 1938, when he was only 15, including forcing Jews to sign their businesses over to non-Jewish Hungarians. Jack’s family owned two bakeries and a grocery store in an area of Czechoslovakia that the Hungarians occupied, so these measures impacted them tremendously.
Jack went to Israel after World War II, where he met and married his wife, Frantiska, an Auschwitz survivor, before moving to New York in 1965. After emigrating to the U.S., Jack became a baker, like his parents who owned two bakeries and a grocery store in Czechoslovakia before the War. He and Frantiska operated a successful bakery on Brighton Avenue for many years. He is survived by two daughters, four grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.
Jack went to Israel after World War II, where he met and married his wife, Frantiska, an Auschwitz survivor, before moving to New York in 1965. After immigrating to the United States, Jack became a baker like his parents, who owned two bakeries and a grocery store in Czechoslovakia before the war. He and Frantiska operated a successful bakery on Brighton Avenue for many years. He is survived by two daughters, four grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.