Background
Baer was born in Halberstadt, Germany, in 1888.
educationist historian university professor writer
Baer was born in Halberstadt, Germany, in 1888.
He studied philosophy, history and classical philology at Berlin University, University of Strasbourg and University of Freiburg.
He emigrated to Mandate Palestine, now Israel, in 1930, and began lecturing in medieval Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was professor of medieval history at the University from 1932 to 1945.
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
