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Vikings owner Zygi Wilf's father dies

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 10:22 p.m. ET

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HILLSIDE, N.J. -- A Holocaust survivor who along with his brother founded of one of the nation's largest real estate development firms has died. Joseph Wilf was 91.

Wilf died Wednesday at his home in Hillside. The death was announced by the NFL's Minnesota Vikings, who are owned by Wilf's son, Zygi.

Joseph Wilf was born in Jaroslaw, Poland. When World War II broke out, he was deported to a Siberian labor camp with his brother, Harry, and their parents. All four survived, though the couple's daughter, Bella, died in the Warsaw ghetto.

Joseph Wilf and his wife immigrated to the United States in 1950. Four years later, Wilf and his brother founded Garden Homes, which is now one of the largest real estate companies in the United States and in Israel.