Collection of Florian Efraim Sokołów Akta Floriana Efraima Sokołowa (Sygn.103)
Extent and Medium
7,749 digital images, PDF
Creator(s)
- Florian E. Sokołów
Biographical History
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.
Archival History
Archiwum Akt Nowych
Acquisition
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.
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.
Scope and Content
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.
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.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
People
- Gotthold, Florian Efraim.
- Sokolow, Nahum, 1859-1936.
Corporate Bodies
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Subjects
- Jews--Poland--History--20th century.
- Jewish lawyers--Poland--History--20th century.
- Poland--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
- Jewish journalists--Poland--History--20th century.
- United Kingdom--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
- Jews--South Africa--History--20th century.
- Jewish journalists--United Kingdom--History--20th century.
- Journalism--Jews--History--20th century.
- Jewish authors--Poland--History--20th century.
- Zionists--Poland--Societies, etc.--History--20th century.
Genre
- Newspapers.
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Telegrams.
- Reports.
- Newspaper articles.
- Invitations.
- Correspondence.
- Document
- Postcards.