Professor Otto Koebner, noted political scientist and since 1925 professor of international politics at Frankfurt University, died today in a sanatorium near Heidelberg. Professor Koebner, a son of the noted German Jewish medical authority, Heinrich Koebner, was born in Breslau on June 2, 1869. He was educated at the Universities of Freiberg, Berlin and Vienna. After graduating with high honors he served in various government bureaus before he began his career as teacher. He is the author of a number of books on international politics.
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