(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Hugo Sonnenfeld, well known German Jewish jurist, died here yesterday at the age of 63.
Herr Sonnenfeld, who held the title of Justizrat, took an active part in Jewish communal affairs in Prussia. He was the president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Prussia and vice-president of the Central Verein der Deutschen Juden. In 1900 he took a leading part in the Konitz ritual murder trial.
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