Nahum Goldmann

Israeli Zionist leader
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Born:
July 10, 1895, Wisznewo, Lithuania
Died:
August 29, 1982, Bad Reichenhall, West Germany [now in Germany] (aged 87)

Nahum Goldmann (born July 10, 1895, Wisznewo, Lithuania—died August 29, 1982, Bad Reichenhall, West Germany [now in Germany]) was an Israeli Zionist leader who was an outspoken critic of Israeli policies. The son of a professor of Hebrew, Goldmann in 1900 moved with his family to Germany, where he later attended the Universities of Heidelberg, Marburg, and Berlin. During World War I he worked in the Information Department of the German Foreign Office before escaping the country in 1934, eventually settling in Switzerland. He took part in international gatherings of the Zionist movement during the 1920s, and as one of ...(100 of 229 words)