Former Minister of Education Karl Heinrich Becker, famous Orientalist and friend of the Jews, died here today at the age of fifty-six.
Professor Becker was a co-founder of the pro-Palestine Committee in Germany and a devoted friend of Palestine interests.
Recently he lectured before the Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden on the Orient and on his Palestine tour.
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