13 Facts About Nahum Gergel

Nahum Gergel was a Jewish rights activist, humanitarian, sociologist, and author in Yiddish.

Nahum Gergel lived in Russia, Ukraine, and eventually Germany, where he emigrated in 1921.

In January 1915 Nahum Gergel joined the EKOPO, and in September 1915 he was elected its chairman.

Nahum Gergel organized resettlement to Poltava for thousands of Jewish families that were deported by the Russian Government from the near-front Kurland and Kovno regions.

In early 1918 Nahum Gergel was appointed chairman of the bureau of the Jewish Ministry of Ukraine.

In December 1919, Nahum Gergel was appointed representative of the Red Cross' Pogrom Aid Committee where he worked until the Soviet Government liquidated the Committee in May 1920.

At the close of 1921 Nahum Gergel arrived in Berlin where he continued his diverse political and activist work.

Nahum Gergel started with forming the OZE Committee Abroad.

In 1923 Nahum Gergel was elected the Secretary General of ORT.

In 1926 Nahum Gergel was appointed as the JDC expert on the Russian Jewish affairs.

Nahum Gergel pioneered the inception of Di Algemeyne Entsiklopedye.

Nahum Gergel was one of the founders and an active member of Institute for the Jewish Studies in Berlin.

Nahum Gergel collected more material than he was able to publish during his short life.