Hermann Cohn, former Minister of Justice of Anhalt, died here today at the age of sixty-four.
Dr. Cohn served as Minister of Justice following the World War. He was compelled to resign his office because of the persecution he suffered on the ground that he was a Jew.
He was an outstanding leader of the Central Union of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith.
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