Alex Bein (; 21 January 1903 – 20 June 1988) was a German-Jewish historian and Zionist historiographer best known for his biography of Theodor Herzl.[
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Biography
Bein was born in Steinach an der Saale in Bavaria, southern German Empire. He aliyah to Palestine in 1933. He was a resident of Jerusalem.[ He was director of the Central Zionist Archives and the first State Archivist of Israel.][ "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 in 1987 for his contribution to Zionist historiography.
Published works
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Alex Bein (1980) Die Judenfrage : Biogr. e. Weltproblems (2 volumes) Stuttgart : Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt
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Alex Bein, Harry Zohn (translator) (1990) "The Jewish Question: Biography of a World Problem",
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Alex Bein (1952) "The Return to the Soil: a History of Jewish Settlement in Israel" (Translated from the Hebrew by Israel Schen)
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Alex Bein (1949) "Israel's Charter of Freedom"
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Aleks Bain (1945) Toldot ha-hityashvut ha-Tsiyonit mi-teḳufat Hertsl ṿe-ʻad yamenu
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Alex Bein (1939) "Der Zionismus und sein Werk"
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Alex Bein (1934) "Theodor Herzl; Biographie. mit 63 Bildern und einer Ahnentafel."
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Alex Bein, Maurice Samuel (translator), (1941) "Theodore Herzl: A Biography of the Founder of the Modern Zionism"
See also
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List of Israel Prize recipients
External links
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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
