Dr. Erich Marx, editor and publisher of the Israelitisches Wochenblat, a leading organ of Swiss Jewry, died here today at the age of 77. A native of Germany, Dr. Marx served as editor of a Berlin newspaper. He came to Zurich in 1921 and joined the staff of the Israelitisches Wochenblat that same year; He had been active in Zionist affairs for many years.
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