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== 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
== 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 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 Herzl's honor.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/mount-herzl#herzl