Hugo Benedict, a former co-worker of Theodor Herzl, father of Zionism, died here today of a heart disease at the age of 74. An Austrian by birth, Benedict emigrated from his native country after the Anschluss in 1938. In Argentina he played a prominent role among German-speaking Zionists.
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