Alex Bein (Hebrew: אלכסנדר ביין) (born 1903, Steinach a.d. Saale in Bavaria southern Germany; died 1988, Stockholm) was a Jewish scholar in Jewish culture and history, one of the founders of Zionist historiography. He is best known for his biography of Theodor Herzl.[1]
Since 1933 he was resident of Jerusalem.[1]
Alex Bein was director of the Central Zionist Archives and the first State Archivist of Israel. [1]
In recognition of his research, Bein was awarded the Israel Prize in 1987 for Zionist historiography.[1][2]
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