Alfred Witkon

Alfred Witkon was born in 1910 in Berlin

Witkon was born in Berlin in 1910 to a wealthy Jewish family. His parents were Adolf Witkowski and Lina (Rachel) Chaves.

He studied law in Berlin, Bonn and Freiburg, and received a doctorate in law from Freiburg in 1933. He then trained at the Middle Temple in London and qualified as a barrister.

In 1935 he immigrated to the Land of Israel and settled in Jerusalem. In 1936 he married Greta Philipson, and they had two children, Naomi and Gideon. He worked as a lawyer at the firm S. Horowitz & Co.

In 1948 he became President of the Jerusalem District Court. He joined the Supreme Court as a temporary judge in 1951 and was made a permanent judge in 1954. He also taught tax law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and wrote a book on Israeli tax law.

He sat on the panel that heard Adolf Eichmann's appeal and chaired the Central Elections Committee for the 1969 election. In 1972 he headed a state commission of inquiry on the Netivei Neft company. He retired in 1980 and died in 1984.