Magidson Moshe (1878)

Magidson (Magidsohn) Moshe (Mosche) (12.05. 1878, Kreutzburg) – public figure.

Moshe Magidson graduated from the economics department of the Riga Polytechnic. Even as a student, he was actively involved in public life. Member of the board of the student fund. Before the First World War, he was a member of the board of a number of societies, such as the Jewish People's Kitchen, Bikur Cholim, and a member of the Philistine Society. During the war, he actively helped refugees and was a member of the committee for aid to war victims. As a member of the Riga Community Council and the Joint, he was elected to various commissions. He was one of the founders and a member of the board of the Ahdot society, chairman of the audit commission of the Philistine society, and also an activist in the People's Kitchen - Volks Küche.