Shmuel Tolkowsky

Shmuel Tolkowsky
שמואל טולקובסקי
Tolkowsky in 11962
Born(1886-06-27)27 June 1886
Antwerp, Belgium
Died19 December 1965(1965-12-19) (aged 79)
RelativesIsaac Leib Goldberg (father-in-law)
Dan Tolkowsky (son)

Shmuel Tolkowsky (Hebrew: שמואל טולקובסקי; 27 June 1886 – 19 December 1965) was a Belgian-born agronomist, Zionist and Israeli diplomat. He became the assistant to Chaim Weizmann and Nachum Sokolov, two important leaders of the Zionist Movement. Shmuel Tolkowsky himself was the son-in-law of Yitzhak Goldberg, a founder of the Jewish Foundation Fund.[1]

He was born in Antwerp, Belgium, and during World War I he was in the Belgian Army and moved to London with his wife. Two daughters were born in London. His son Dan Tolkowsky was born in Tel Aviv in 1921.[2][3]

He emigrated to Mandatory Palestine. He began serving as Israeli Consul General in Switzerland in 1949 until he was promoted to Minister in 1951.[4]

Quotes

We Zionists look upon the fate of the Armenian people with a deep and sincere sympathy; we do so as men, as Jews, and as Zionists.

— Shmuel Tolkowsky, The Banality of Denial: Israel and the Armenian Genocide By Yair Auron, Cathy Collins Block, Michael Pressley, p. 1

References

  1. ^ The Global Political Economy of Israel - Page 114 by Jonathan. Nitzan, Shimshon. Bichler
  2. ^ "Major General Dan Tolkowsky, wartime RAF Spitfire pilot who helped create the Israeli Air Force". The Telegraph. London. 31 December 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  3. ^ Tidhar, David (1947). "Aluf Dan Tolkowsky" אלוף דן טולקובסקי. Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel (in Hebrew). Vol. 6. Estate of David Tidhar and Touro College Libraries. p. 2614.
  4. ^ "Switzerland". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 18 May 2020.


allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmuel_Tolkowsky