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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|birth=1860-05-02|birthplace=Pest|birthcountry=Kingdom of Hungary|death=1904-05-03|deathplace=Edlach|deathcountry=Austria}}) | '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|birth=1860-05-02|birthplace=Pest|birthcountry=Kingdom of Hungary|death=1904-05-03|deathplace=Edlach|deathcountry=Austria}}) was born into an Ashkenazi Jewish family in Pest, Hungary. Some Sephardic ancestry has been suggested but has not been documented. The family later moved to Vienna after the death of his sister Pauline. | ||
==Zionism== | ==Zionism== | ||
Confronted with [[antisemitism]] in Vienna, Hertzl reached the conclusion that anti-Jewish sentiment would make Jewish assimilation impossible, and that the only solution for Jews was the establishment of a Jewish state. His idea was was well received and eventually resulted in the creation of the nation of Israel. | Confronted with [[antisemitism]] in Vienna, Hertzl reached the conclusion that anti-Jewish sentiment would make Jewish assimilation impossible, and that the only solution for Jews was the establishment of a Jewish state. His idea was was well received and eventually resulted in the creation of the nation of Israel. | ||
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}}</ref> they | }}</ref> they protected Hans from the [[pain]] and [[trauma]] of [[Brit Milah]] on the eighth day although that was customary for Jews. | ||
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|year=1896 | |||
|title=Der Judenstaat | |||
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|location=Leipzig & Vienna | |||
|publisher=M. Breitenstein's Verlags-Buchhandlung | |||
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==Death and reinterment== | ==Death and reinterment== | ||
Hertzl died of heart failure on 3 May 1904 when he was 44 and his son Hans was 13. Hertzl was buried in the Döbling Cemetery of Vienna, but later was exhumed and re-interred in a special cemetery of great honor on Mount Hertzl, a prominence near Jerusalem.<ref>{{REFweb | Hertzl died of heart failure on 3 May 1904 when he was 44 and his son Hans was 13. Hertzl was buried in the Döbling Cemetery of Vienna, but later was exhumed and re-interred in a special cemetery of great honor on Mount Hertzl, a prominence near Jerusalem that was named in his honor.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/mount-herzl#herzl | |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/mount-herzl#herzl | ||
|title=Theodor Herzl’s Grave | |title=Theodor Herzl’s Grave | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> His other family members also were re-interred in the Mount Hertzl national cemetery. | ||
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* {{URLwikipedia|Theodor_Hertzl|Theodor Hertzl|2024-02-19}} | * {{URLwikipedia|Theodor_Hertzl|Theodor Hertzl|2024-02-19}} | ||