Overview
- Description
- Personal papers of Florian Efraim Gotthold, his wife and son. He was a Jewish lawyer and journalist. The collection includes political correspondence and journalistic work, as well as press services, newspapers and news clippings, collection of postcards, and family private correspondence, telegrams and bills. The smaller group are papers related to the period of his work in the Joint Distribution Committee (Files 9-10) and Jewish issues (Files 11-12). There are contributions to the activities of Zionist organizations in Poland and abroad, a speech of Nachum Sokolow (Florian's father), notes on the social issues of Jews in Poland, drafts of Jewish statutes from financial organizations, and elaborations on the history of Jews in South Africa.
- Alternate Title
- Collection of Florian Efraim Sokołów
- Date
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inclusive:
1900-1939
- Credit Line
- Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Collection Creator
- Florian E. Sokołów
- Biography
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Florian Efraim Sokołów, born Efraim Gotthold in October 15, 1888 in Maków near Pułtusk, died. in 1967 in London. He was a lawyer and journalist. Son of Nachuma Sokolov, the leading activist of the World Zionist Organization.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Correspondence. Invitations. Newspaper articles. Newspapers. Postcards. Reports. Telegrams.
- Extent
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7,749 digital images : PDF ; 5.48 GB .
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in eleven series: 1. Files of Florian Sokołow (File 1); 2. Family private materials (File 1-8); 3. Advocate practice period (File 9); 4. Legal counseling period in American Joint Distribution Committee (File 10-12); 5. Correspondence: Sokołow with press agencies (File 13-17); 6. Journalistic work (File 18-24); 7. Editorial work (File 25); 8. Materials collected during work as a correspondent (File 26-28); 9. Flashcards for scientific papers and dissertations (File 29-31); 10. Information services (File 32-35); 11. Press clipppings (File 36-49). Note: Missing File 42.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Reproduction of more than 100 pages of copies of documents for researchers or other institutions requires a written permission of the General Director of the State Archives of the Republic of Poland. Publication of more than 10 complete documents in an individual work requires the written authorization of the General Director. The Museum may not publish any archival material obtained from the General Director, including specific archives under his control, on the Internet, the World Wide Web, or any other publicly accessible on-line network without the written permission of the General Director. Citation of the materials in any publication must refer to the Museum and the Polish State Archives and must include the name of the archival group and catalogue number of the originals.
- Copyright Holder
- Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jews--Poland--History--20th century. Jews--South Africa--History--20th century. Journalism--Jews--History--20th century. Zionists--Poland--Societies, etc.--History--20th century. Jewish authors--Poland--History--20th century. Jewish lawyers--Poland--History--20th century. Jewish journalists--Poland--History--20th century. Jewish journalists--United Kingdom--History--20th century.
- Geographic Name
- Poland--Ethnic relations--History--20th century. United Kingdom--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
- Personal Name
- Gotthold, Florian Efraim. Sokolow, Nahum, 1859-1936.
- Corporate Name
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archiwum Akt Nowych
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych (AAN), Poland, Sygn. 103. Florian Sokolov's private archive was found in 1945 in the shipping company's warehouse, A. Wróblewski, and through the City Archives, was transferred to the Central Archives of Modern Records (AAN).
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in December 2017.
Note: This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-24 13:46:43
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