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Freudenthal, German Jewish Jurist, Dies

July 16, 1929
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Dr. Berthold Freudenthal, professor of jurisprudence at the University here, died today at the age of 57. He was widely known as a champion of radical reforms in German criminal law.

The late Dr. Freudenthal was a son of Jacob Freudenthal, philosopher and teacher, who held professorial posts at the University of Breslau and the Rabbinical Seminary there.

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