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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|birth=1891-06-10|birthplace=Vienna|birthcountry=Austria|death=1930-09-15|deathplace=Bordeaux|deathcountry=France}})<ref>{{REFweb | '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|birth=1891-06-10|birthplace=Vienna|birthcountry=Austria|death=1930-09-15|deathplace=Bordeaux|deathcountry=France}})<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Hans-Herzl/6000000007014376451 | |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Hans-Herzl/6000000007014376451 | ||
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Hans's parents, although Jewish, did not believe in [[Brit Milah| ritual circumcision]], so he was not [[circumcised]] in accordance with the alleged [[Abrahamic covenant]]. | Hans's parents, although Jewish, did not believe in [[Brit Milah| ritual circumcision]], so he was not [[circumcised]] in accordance with the alleged [[Abrahamic covenant]]. | ||
== Hans's circumcision == | |||
Hans's father died when he was 13 and his mother was addicted to morphine, so he was placed in the custody of Zionist Jews in England who decided to have him [[circumcised]] at age 15,<ref name="suicide1930">{{REFweb | Hans's father died when he was 13 and his mother was addicted to morphine, so he was placed in the custody of Zionist Jews in England who decided to have him [[circumcised]] at age 15,<ref name="suicide1930">{{REFweb | ||
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}}</ref> which he deeply resented.<ref name="jta1930">{{REFnews | }}</ref> which he [[Regret men| deeply resented]].<ref name="jta1930">{{REFnews | ||
|title=Hans Herzl, Son of Theodor Herzl, Commits Suicide After Funeral of Sister Paulina | |title=Hans Herzl, Son of Theodor Herzl, Commits Suicide After Funeral of Sister Paulina | ||
|url=https://www.jta.org/archive/hans-herzl-son-of-theodor-herzl-commits-suicide-after-funeral-of-sister-paulina | |url=https://www.jta.org/archive/hans-herzl-son-of-theodor-herzl-commits-suicide-after-funeral-of-sister-paulina | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref>At the age of 20 he felt unable to form a true relationship with a woman. Perhaps it was because of the [[Adolescent and adult circumcision| circumcision]] he underwent at the age of 15.<ref name="shavit2000">{{REFnews | ||
|title=The Doomed Dynasty | |title=The Doomed Dynasty | ||
|url=https://archive.jewishagency.org/herzl/content/25465/ | |url=https://archive.jewishagency.org/herzl/content/25465/ | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> Hans was treated by [[Carl Gustav Jung| Karl Jung]] after his circumcision, after which he was able to flirt with girls.<ref name="shavit2000"/> | ||
He never was able to overcome the physical and psychic [[trauma]] of his circumcision. He never married, nor did he seem to have an occupation. According to Singer, "[h]e ultimately settled in London, where he earned a meager living translating his father’s writings, but the work was intermittent and he struggled financially all his life."<ref name="suicide1930" /> | |||
==Suicide== | |||
His sister, Pauline, died at Bordeaux, France in 1930 when he was 39. After the funeral, Hans used a firearm to take his own life in his hotel room.<ref name="suicide1930" /> <ref name="jta1930" /> | His sister, Pauline, died at Bordeaux, France in 1930 when he was 39. After the funeral, Hans used a firearm to take his own life in his hotel room.<ref name="suicide1930" /> <ref name="jta1930" /> | ||
== Family == | == Family == | ||
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|publisher=Shapell Manuscript Collection. SMF | |publisher=Shapell Manuscript Collection. SMF | ||
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}}</ref> resenting the way he had been persuaded to be circumcised,<ref>{{REFjournal | }}</ref> resenting the way he had been persuaded to be [[circumcised]],<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
|quote=He told the curious fact that he had not been circumcised at birth but had undergone circumcision when he was 13 while he was living in London. He declared he resented this, which, he said antagonized him against the synagogue. | |quote=He told the curious fact that he had not been circumcised at birth but had undergone circumcision when he was 13 while he was living in London. He declared he resented this, which, he said antagonized him against the synagogue. | ||
|title=Hans Herzl, Son of Theodor Herzl, Commits Suicide After Funeral of Sister Paulina | |title=Hans Herzl, Son of Theodor Herzl, Commits Suicide After Funeral of Sister Paulina | ||
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|publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency | |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency | ||
|date=1930-09-18 | |date=1930-09-18 | ||
}}</ref> and became successively a Baptist, then a Catholic, and flirted with other Protestant denominations. He sought a personal salvation for his own religious needs and a universal solution, as had his father, to Jewish suffering caused by antisemitism. Hans shot himself to death on the day of his sister Paulina's funeral; he was 39 years old.<ref>{{REFweb | }}</ref> and became successively a Baptist, then a Catholic, and flirted with other Protestant denominations. He sought a personal salvation for his own religious needs and a universal solution, as had his father, to Jewish suffering caused by [[antisemitism]]. Hans shot himself to death on the day of his sister Paulina's funeral; he was 39 years old.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
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|first=Ken | |first=Ken | ||
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|Author=Hans Herzl | |Author=Hans Herzl | ||
|ref=<ref>{{REFweb | |ref=<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|title= | |title=Stephen Theodore Norman—the last descendant of Theodor Herzl | ||
|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20110615054348/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-6909579/Stephen-Theodore-Norman-the-last.html | |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20110615054348/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-6909579/Stephen-Theodore-Norman-the-last.html | ||
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==Burial== | ==Burial== | ||
Hans was buried at Bordeaux along with his sister Pauline. However, in 2004 the Israeli government had the remains of Pauline and Hans exhumed and reburied in the national cemetery near the grave of their father, Theodor Herzl.<ref name="suicide1930" /> | Hans was buried in a Jewish cemetery at Bordeaux along with his sister Pauline in 1930.<ref name="suicide1930" /> However, in 2004 the Israeli government had the remains of Pauline and Hans exhumed and reburied in the national cemetery on [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/mount-herzl Mount Herzl] near the grave of their honored father, [[Theodor Herzl]].<ref name="suicide1930" /> | ||
{{SEEALSO}} | |||
* [[Jonathon Conte]] | |||
* [[Suicide]] | |||
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[[Category:Deceased]] | [[Category:Deceased]] | ||
[[Category:Suicide]] | [[Category:Suicide]] | ||
[[Category:Psychology]] | |||
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[[Category:Catholic]] | [[Category:Catholic]] | ||
[[Category:Austria]] | [[Category:Austria]] | ||