Shmuel Tolkowsky


Shmuel Tolkowsky 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.
Dan Tolkowsky was his son.
Born in Antwerp, Belgium, he emigrated to Israel in 1911. He began serving as Consul General in Switzerland in 1949 until he was promoted to Minister in 1951.

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