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Alex Bein | |
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אלכסנדר ביין | |
Born | |
Died | 20 June 1988 | (aged 85)
Nationality | Israel |
Occupation(s) | Historian, archivist |
Notable work |
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Awards | Israel Prize (1987) |
Alex Bein (Hebrew: אלכסנדר ביין) (21 January 1903 – 20 June 1988) was a German-Jewish historian and Zionist historiographer best known for his biography of Theodor Herzl.[1]
Bein was born in Steinach an der Saale in Bavaria, southern Germany. He immigrated to Palestine in 1933. He was a resident of Jerusalem.[1]He was director of the Central Zionist Archives and the first State Archivist of Israel.[1] Bein died while on a visit to Stockholm.
Bein was awarded the Israel Prize in 1987 for his contribution to Zionist historiography.[1][2]