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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.
==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
|title=Hans Herzl
|accessdate=2024-02-19
}}</ref> they protected Hans from the [[pain]] and [[trauma]] of [[Brit Milah]] on the eighth day, although that was customary for Jews.
{{PUB}}
* {{REFbook
|first=Theodor
|init=
|author-link=Theodor HertzlHerzl
|year=1896
|title=Der Judenstaat
}}
==Death and reintermentre-interment ==
Herzl died of heart failure on 3 May 1904 when he was 44 and his son Hans was 13. Herzl was buried in the Döbling Cemetery of Vienna, but later was exhumed and re-interred in a special cemetery of great honor on Mount Herzl, a prominence near Jerusalem that was named in his honor.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/mount-herzl#herzl
|accessdate=2024-02-19
}}</ref> His other family members also were re-interred in the Mount Herzl national cemetery.
{{LINKS}}
* {{URLwikipedia|Theodor_Herzl|Theodor Herzl|2024-02-19}}
{{REF}}
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