THE DETROI T JE W ISH NEW S Fr iday, Ju ly 10, 195 9 — 1 0

A n ti-Semitie 'Albin' Students Inspired Dr. Herzl's Zionism

Semitic. Few had the courage
Herzl had not been present
By JOSEF FRAENKEL
Detroit Jewish News' Special
to turn away from the cor-
at the "Wagner Kommers" in
porations in which the ten-
London Correspondent
the Sophien Hall. lie learned
dency of anti-Semitism had set
Editor's Note: This article
next day from the newspapers
in
and
to
proclaim:
I
am
a
is based on documents in the
that the "Albia" had been
Jew and do not belong to you!
officially welcomed at this
"Albia" archives. It is a re-
To these few belonged the
anti-Semitic festival and that
sult of Mr. Fraenkel's thor-
student Theodor Herzl.
an "Albia" member had de-
ough research work.
One of the prominent frater- livered an anti-Semitic speech.
The deputy Georg von Scho-
Now he realized definitely
enerer, of whom Adolf Hitler nities in Vienna was the corpor-
that he was really an alien
wrote in his book, "Mein ation "Albia." The most gifted
Kampf". that he was the spirit- students belonged to this cor- element in this organization.
On March 7. 1883, IIerzl ad-
ual father of the Nazi move- poration, among them Theodor
ment, was an idolized figure in Herzl, Hermann Bahr (who later dressed a letter to the Fellows
the ranks of Vienna students gain e d fame as an Austrian Convention of the "Albia." in
about the year 1880. Due to him, writer) and Paul von Portheim. which he denounced in strong
anti-Semitism in Vienna grew The "Albia" did not identify it- terms the attitude of the cor-
from strength to strength, par- self with any political party, and poration. In the final paragraph
Ocularly among the students. the s t a t em en t s of the anti- he asked for an "honorable dis-
His anti-Semitic speeches were Semitic leader Schoenerer, charge" from the "Albia - as
the cause of a great deal of made at students' me e t i n g s, nothing dishonorable could he
friction and many changes in I were not binding on them; but put against his per s o n. (The
the students' organizations. Lib- the sympathy evinced by many convention met immediately and
eral corporations became "Ger- "Albians" for these narrow na- resignation of active members
man national." national corpora- tionalistic tendencies was suf- was not permitted). The "Albia"
tions became chauvinistic and I ficient to bring about an inner dealt with this "harsh" letter

tellectual tendencies. There was
only one thing wrong with him
—he was of Jewish extraction
and feeling that eventually he
also would have to leave the
"Albia," he committed suicide
on July 13, 1883, in the woods
of Weidlingbach.
Even the poet Bahr, who
had introduced the A r y an
principle into the "Albia"
seemed to be insufficiently
Aryan for the "Albians." His
origin was believed to be not
purely.- Aryan, it was rumored
that a little Jewish blood
flowed in his veins—and he,
too, had to leave the "Albia."
Undoubtedly Herzl learned a

great deal in the 'Albia' for
his Zionist work."
The "Albia" gave its mem-
bers special s t u d e n t s' nick-
names, each characteristic of its
bearer. It is perhaps more than
chance that Herzl was given the
name of a heroic figure who

had taken a prominent part in

the conquest of Jerusalem dur-
ing the Crusades, and bore the
title "Prince of Galilee, Prince
of Antiochia." "Tancred," the
"Prince of Galilee and Anti-
ochia," was Herzl's nickname in
the "Albia," probably because
he already suggested the figure
of Tancred in his speeches of
which "Albia" never approved.
"Tancred," a "fresher," dealt
with the Jewish question, and
lot in the "Albia" that deter- years later, he wrote "The New
mined his later Zionist activ- Ghetto" and —The J e wish
ities. Above all. his Jewish na- State."

tional feelings were roused in
the "Albia." It was there that

he developed his gift for speak.
ing in public and learned the
importance of strict discipline

chauvinistic Corporations, racial ' change in IIerzl. He began to from the "S e m i t e Her z 1."
anti-Semitic bodies. feel that he did not fit into the Deeply hurt, the "Albia" fel- and of firm organization. Many
Many Jewish students en - framework of the "Albia." For lows decided not to grant Herz' of the t h e in e s in his later

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In the spring the picking season I
Herzis way. however, became of his lack of respect expressed •
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of citrus ends. This season begins
after the speech of Her-; in his letter to the "Albia."
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in the autumn. at the end of Oc-
tober and the beginning of No- Clearer,
mann Bahr at the "R i c h a r d
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,.ember and continues to April-;lay. Wagner Kommers." This led to met again to c o n , i d e r the • •
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This branch of Israeli agriculture
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has attained very great importance. a complete b r e a k with the "Herzl affair"; the cashiering :
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It includes various fruits, mainly •. . klbia " and his voluntary resig- was q u a s h e d, the discharge •
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the orange, the grapefruit, and
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After Herzl had left, the
from the sale of citrus fruit abroad In his address, Bahr did not
"Albia" took the decision not
was about fifty million dollars. This
to admit any more Jews. The
is in addition, of course. to the deal with the music of Wagner.
fruit sold and consumed within the but pounded in impassioned
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old Jewish members were
country itself.
allowed to remain as a "spe-
The citrus branch provides a live- words the Wagner anti-Semi-
lihood for a large number of work- tism, and gave utterance to his
cial favor." The motion was
Finest
ers. During the months of the
put forward by Paul von
harvest twenty thousand workers own anti-Semitic feelings. The
Kosher
are employed in the orchards and students received the speech
Portheim.
in packing the fruit in the large
with triumphant applause. Thus
This man came to a tragic
modern packing houses.
The branch 'has grown consider- Bahr gave a new direction to end. He was an extremely gifted
ably. in the years of the existence the "Albia" and introduced the
writer and man of letters. Being
of the State, and today. too, new
orchards are being planted in every national-Aryan spirit in the Den. enthusiastic about students'
place where the soil is suitable. "-
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