Herzl Berger
Herzl Berger | |
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Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1951–1962 | Mapai |
Personal details | |
Born | 31 August 1904 Minsk, Russian Empire (now Belarus) |
Died | 28 August 1962 | (aged 57)
Herzl Berger (Belarusian: Гэрцаль Бэргэр; Hebrew: הֵרְצְל בֶּרְגֶּר; 31 July 1904 – 28 August 1962) was a Minsk-born Israeli activist and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai between 1951 and 1962.
Biography
Born in Minsk in the Russian Empire (today in Belarus), Berger attended the Reali High School in his home city. Between 1917 and 1921, he was a member of the Zionist Hashomer Hatzair and HaHaver youth movements, which had been banned by the Soviet authorities. In 1921 he moved to Berlin, where he joined the Right section of Poale Zion, serving as secretary of its central committee between 1930 and 1931. He also studied at the University of Jena and gained a doctorate in law and political science.
In 1932, he moved to Poland, and between 1933 and 1934, was a member of the Poale Zion Socialist Zionists' central committee. He also worked on the editorial board of the Das Vert newspaper.
In 1934, he made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine, where he worked for the Davar newspaper. He also joined the Haganah, and was a political commentator for Kol Yisrael.
In the
References
- ^ Knesset Members of the First Knesset Knesset website
External links
- Herzl Berger on the Knesset website