Alex Bein (

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: אלכסנדר ביין) (born 21 January 1903; died 20 June 1988) was a German-Jewish historian and

Zionist Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת ''Tsiyyonut'' after '' Zion'') is a nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is known in Je ...

historiographer best known for his biography of

Theodor Herzl Theodor Herzl; hu, Herzl Tivadar; Hebrew name given at his brit milah: Binyamin Ze'ev (2 May 1860 – 3 July 1904) was an Austro-Hungarian Jewish lawyer, journalist, playwright, political activist, and writer who was the father of modern po ...

Biography

Bein was born in Steinach an der Saale in

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, southern

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. He immigrated to Palestine in 1933. He was a resident of

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

.He was director of the Central Zionist Archives and the first State Archivist of

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

."About the Author"
in the translation of Bein's book ''The Jewish Question'' Bein died while on a visit to Stockholm.

Awards and recognition

Bein was awarded the

Israel Prize The Israel Prize ( he, פרס ישראל; ''pras israél'') is an award bestowed by the State of Israel, and regarded as the state's highest cultural honor. History The Israel Prize is awarded annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state cer ...

in 1987 for his contribution to Zionist historiography.

Published works

*Alex Bein (1980) Die Judenfrage : Biogr. e. Weltproblems (2 volumes) Stuttgart : Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt **Alex Bein, Harry Zohn (translator) (1990) "The

Jewish Question The Jewish question, also referred to as the Jewish problem, was a wide-ranging debate in 19th- and 20th-century European society that pertained to the appropriate status and treatment of Jews. The debate, which was similar to other " national ...

: Biography of a World Problem", *Alex Bein (1952) "The Return to the Soil: a History of Jewish Settlement in Israel" (Translated from the Hebrew by Israel Schen) *Alex Bein (1949) "Israel's Charter of Freedom" *Aleks Bain (1945) Toldot ha-hityashvut ha-Tsiyonit mi-teḳufat Hertsl ṿe-ʻad yamenu *Alex Bein (1939) "Der Zionismus und sein Werk" *Alex Bein (1934) "Theodor Herzl; Biographie. mit 63 Bildern und einer Ahnentafel." **Alex Bein, Maurice Samuel (translator), (1941) "Theodore Herzl: A Biography of the Founder of the Modern Zionism"

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*The personal papers of Alex Bein are kept at the
Central Zionist Archives
in Jerusalem. The notation of the record group is P64 * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bein, Alex Jewish scholars 1903 births 1988 deaths Israeli archivists People from Jerusalem Israel Prize in Zionist historiography recipients Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Mandatory Palestine

Biography

Awards and recognition

Published works

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