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Theodor Herzl

Father of modern political Zionism (1860-1904) · Hungary · Journalists · Died at 44

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A Hungarian journalist who turned antisemitism into a blueprint. Herzl didn't just write about a Jewish state - he organized the apparatus to make it real, and died decades before it arrived.

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A life in dates

1904Died3 July 19041902“If you will, it is no legend...”In their wordsPrefix to Altneuland [The Old New Land], (1902)

“... but if you will, it may very well be only a legend dreamed up by myself, and will always be so. I had in mind to write a story with a point.”In their wordsPostfix to Altneuland (1902)

1896“Oppression and persecution cannot exterminate us. No nation on earth has survived such struggles and sufferings as we have gone through.”In their wordsI : Introduction

“Anti-Semitism increases day by day and hour by hour among the nations; indeed, it is bound to increase, because the causes of its growth continue to exist and cannot be removed.”In their wordsII : The Jewish Question

“Palestine is our ever-memorable historic home. The very name of Palestine would attract our people with a force of marvellous potency.”In their wordsII : The Jewish Question

1895“It would be an excellent idea to call in respectable, accredited anti-Semites as liquidators of property.”In their words12 June 1895Herzl Diary Entry (12 June 1895), The Complete Diaries of Theodor Herzl, Vol.1, 1960, Edited by Raphael Patai, Translated by Harry Zohn, p.

1860Born2 May 1860

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Herzl at the age of 5Herzl at the age of 5Herzl (seated in the middle) with members of the Zionist Organization in Vienna, 1896Herzl (seated in the middle) with members of the Zionist Organization in Vienna, 1896Herzl in Basel, photographed during Fifth Zionist Congress in December 1901, by Ephraim Moses Lilien[22]Herzl in Basel, photographed during Fifth Zionist Congress in December 1901, by Ephraim Moses Lilien[22]Herzl on board a vessel reaching the shores of Palestine, 1898Herzl on board a vessel reaching the shores of Palestine, 1898Herzl (center) with a Zionist delegation in Jerusalem, 1898. From right to left: Joseph Seidener, Moses T. Schnirer, Theodor Herzl, David Wolffsohn, Max BodenheimerHerzl (center) with a Zionist delegation in Jerusalem, 1898. From right to left: Joseph Seidener, Moses T. Schnirer, Theodor Herzl, David Wolffsohn, Max BodenheimerHerzl at the Second Zionist Congress in Basel, 1898Herzl at the Second Zionist Congress in Basel, 1898

In their own words 10

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Theodor Herzl
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10 statements, newest first

  1. If you will, it is no legend...

    1902, Prefix to Altneuland [The Old New Land], (1902), Own words

  2. Let me tell you that my friend and I do not discriminate between humans. We do not ask what race or what religion he is from. He has to be a human being.

    1902, Altneuland (1902), Own words

  3. ... but if you will, it may very well be only a legend dreamed up by myself, and will always be so. I had in mind to write a story with a point.

    1902, Postfix to Altneuland (1902), Own words

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Honorary Citizen of Erzsébetváros (Budapest District VII)2017

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Herzl was born in Pest in 1860 to a prosperous Jewish family and worked as a lawyer in Vienna before becoming the Paris correspondent for Neue Freie Presse. Confronted with antisemitic events in Vienna, he concluded that assimilation was impossible and that Jews needed their own state. In 1896 he published Der Judenstaat, laying out his vision, and the following year convened the First Zionist Congress in Basel, where he was elected president of the Zionist Organization. He launched diplomatic efforts to secure territory, appealing to Wilhelm II and Abdul Hamid II without success; in 1903 he presented the Uganda Scheme - a British offer of temporary refuge in East Africa after the Kishinev pogrom - which was rejected by his own movement. He died of heart disease in 1904 at 44, buried in Vienna, reinterred on Mount Herzl in 1949.

Country
Hungary
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1860 to 1904 · aged 44

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