title: Shmuel Tolkowsky
text: # Shmuel Tolkowsky
  
  Shmuel Tolkowsky (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.
  
  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.
  
  ## 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.
  