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Vulfson Avraham (1886)

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SurnameVulfson
NameAvraham
Birth year1886
Birth month8
Birth day10
Birth placeFriedrichstadt
SexM

Vulfson (Wulfsohn, Wulfson) Avraham (b. 10 August 1886, Friedrichstadt) – public figure.

Avraham Vulfson studied at a technical college in Mittweida, Germany, from which he was expelled as an undesirable foreign national. He later graduated from an engineering school in Mannheim. For many years, he lived as a political émigré in France and Switzerland. During his school years, he was an active participant in the revolutionary movement.

Since 1903, he was a member of the National Democratic Party. Following the revolution, he served as a commissioner and representative of the Provisional Government in the First Russian Army. He was one of the founders of the civil servants' trade union in Latvia and was responsible for the Jewish section of Kinder-Freint (Children's Friend). A member of the Jewish municipal council, he held senior positions in the health insurance fund system and was a long-time head of the 26th (Jewish) sickness fund.

An active journalist writing in multiple languages, he served as a correspondent for various foreign newspapers and journals and was a member of the Social Democratic press commission.