Pre-Israel Finance Document: Signatures of Prominent Figures : Signed official document dated June 7th, 1943, relating to finance, predating the establishment of Israel.
The document features the signatures of three prominent personalities: Vice Chairman, Aron Barth, as well as Eliezer Kaplan and Dr. Max Soloveichik, functioning as Representatives of the Council of the Jewish Settlement Treasury.
Other participants include L. Broida, A. Brodney, A. Antaka, and A. Shankar.
Aron Barth (1890-1957) was a significant figure in Jewish thought, serving as a lawyer, banker, and author. He led Bank Anglo-Palestine, later renamed the National Bank of Israel. Barth was influential in Zionist and Mizrahi movements.
Eliezer Kaplan (1891 – 1952), a Zionist activist, Israeli politician, signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence, and the country's first Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister. Dr. Max Soloveichik (1883 – 1957), a Lithuanian-Jewish Zionist activist, journalist, and politician.
