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THEODORE HERZL: (1860 - 1904) Hungarian Jew, founder of modern Zionism. Sent to Paris as a corres...

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THEODORE HERZL: (1860 - 1904) Hungarian Jew, founder of modern Zionism. Sent to Paris as a corres...
THEODORE HERZL: (1860 - 1904) Hungarian Jew, founder of modern Zionism. Sent to Paris as a correspondent, he reported on the Dreyfus affair and was soon appalled by the vicious anti-Semitism he observed. Herzl decided that Jewish assimilation in Europe was impossible and that the only solution to the Jewish problem was the establishment of a Jewish national state, and organized the first Zionist World Congress, serving as its president. Fine content T.L.S. "Herzl" 1p. 4to., Vienna, Jan. 8, 1902, in German to "Esteemed Colleague", in part: "...The Immediate Action Committee has just gathered in order to resume their work, and urgently asks you to commence work at once in your country as well. Within the next few days, we will communicate to you regarding the first steps that the Immediate A[ction] C[ommittee] has taken in implementing the resolutions of the Congress. Now, we are asking you to immediately send us a list of all the societies and organizations in your district, because according to the resolution of the Congress we must send the party organ 'Die Welt' [The World] to each of these groups...We would like to start a correspondence between the organizations...With Zionist greetings...". In 1897, Herzl was elected the first president of the World Zionist Organization, and spent the last years of his life with world leaders, trying to garner financial and political support for the creation of the first proposed Jewish state. File holes at left margin, along with a strip of tape, a slight marginal tear, a few wrinkles, else good condition. $1,500-2,000