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'''{{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, Austria, after the death of his sister Pauline.
== Zionism ==
Confronted with [[antisemitism]] in Vienna, Herzl 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]] on 14 May 1948.
== Family life ==
Herzl married Julie Naschauer, the 21-year-old daughter of a wealthy Jewish businessman in Vienna on 25 June 1889. The marriage resulted in the birth of two girls and one boy, [[Hans Herzl]].
== Views regarding circumcision ==
Although the Herzl family was strongly Jewish, Herzl and his wife did not support [[Brit Milah|circumcision]] as required by the alleged [[Abrahamic covenant]], so when Hans was born on 10 June 1891,<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Hans-Herzl/6000000007014376451
== Death and re-interment ==
Herzl died of heart failure on 3 May 1904 when he was 44 and his [[intact]] son Hans was 13. Herzl was buried in the [https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/locations/austria/vienna/dobling-cemetery/ Döbling Cemetery ] of Vienna, but later was exhumed and re-interred in the national cemetery on 17 August 1949 in a special cemetery location of great honor chosen by a special commission on [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/mount-herzl Mount Herzl], a prominence with a height of 834 meters near Jerusalem that was named in his Herzl's honor.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/mount-herzl#herzl
|title=Theodor Herzl’s Grave
|date=
|accessdate=2024-02-19
}}</ref> His other family members also were later re-interred in the Mount Herzl national cemetery.
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* {{REFweb
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|title=The Herzl Institute
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* {{URLwikipedia|Theodor_Herzl|Theodor Herzl|2024-02-19}}