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The economist Arthur Prinz was born in Guatemala City in 1898, the son of a German Jewish family who owned a plantation in Guatemala. In 1904, the family moved to Berlin, and Prinz studied economics, history, and philosophy. In 1923, he graduated magna cum laude with his doctoral dissertation, "Das Marx’sche System in psychologischer Betrachtung". From 1923 until his dismissal in 1933, Prinz taught economics at Berlin’s Humboldt University, and he then worked for the German Jewish Aid Society, Hilfsverein der Juden in Deutschland, editing the organization’s bulletin, “Jüdische Auswanderung” and lecturing on relief for refugees. From 1939 to 1947, Prinz lived in Palestine, working as a free-lance teacher and journalist. In 1948, he immigrated to the United States, teaching economics at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. He maintained an active interest in Jewish and Israeli affairs as well as American socio-economic and political developments. Arthur Prinz died in San Diego on August 27, 1981.
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Arthur Prinz at his desk in Berlin, Leo Baeck Institute, F 27144.