Dr. Manfred George, editor of the German language Jewish weekly Aufbau died here this weekend. He was 72.
Dr. George who was also a biographer and novelist, was known as a liberal editor in Germany before the advent of Nazism. He became editor of Aufbau after arriving here in 1939. Under his direction, the weekly grew from a small monthly newsletter to an influential publication with a circulation of 30,000. Dr. George was the author of a popular biography of Theodor Herzl with introductions by Thomas Mann and Albert Einstein.
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