Iancu Țucărman (30 October 1922 – 8 January 2021) was a

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agricultural engineer Agricultural engineering, also known as agricultural and biosystems engineering, is the field of study and application of engineering science and designs principles for agriculture purposes, combining the various disciplines of mechanical enginee ...

and survivor of the

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and the

Iași pogrom The Iași pogrom (, sometimes anglicized as Jassy) was a series of pogroms launched by governmental forces under Marshal Ion Antonescu in the Romanian city of Iași against its Jewish community, which lasted from 29 June to 6 July 1941. Accord ...

. He was the penultimate survivor of the "Death's Train" () that was used to deport

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from the

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after Leonard Zăicescu. Țucărman was buried at the Giurgiului Jewish Cemetery of Bucharest on 11 January 2021. Țucărman received several awards and honours in his lifetime. In 2007,

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gave him the National Order of Merit. Later, in 2011, Țucărman was given

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of the

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Iași Iași ( , , ; also known by other alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the second largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, it has traditionally ...

. Finally, in 2016, Romanian President

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gave him the

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in the rank of "Knight". He died on 8 January 2021, at age 98, after getting infected by

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during the

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