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desk where he wrote his
books and letters, the arm-
chair where he sat when he
talked with visitors, the
bookcases, the busts of his
parents, the shelf behind his
chair where he placed the
many letters he received from
Zionists all over the world —
they are all here, positioned
exactly as they were in Vien-
na. One can almost see the
bearded, dark-haired Herzl
seated at the large desk, in-
tently writing.
This original furniture
went from Vienna to
Jerusalem in a rather roun-
dabout way. First, it was
preserved in Cologne by
Herzl's friend David Wolf-
fsohn, and then it was sent to
Berlin for safekeeping by
other friends.
Next it was presented to the
Zionist Executive in
Jerusalem, then to the
Jewish National Fund, where
it was exhibited in a special
room. Finally, it was transfer-
red to the Herzl Museum
when it opened in 1960.
The next exhibits document
Herzl's increasing efforts to
lay the groundwork for
creating a Jewish state. In
1902 there was the publica-
tion of his prophetic novel
Altneuland (Old-New land),
describing a new society in
Palestine composed of
Diaspora Jews who have settl-
ed in Palestine and of
Palestine-born Arabs.
Then, with more and more
calls for Herzl to head the
drive to implement the
Zionist ideals, the displays in-
clude samples of the many
letters and petitions sent to
Herzl from around the world
— from Jews in Bulgaria,
Russia, Jerusalem,
Baltimore, Cairo, Johan-
nesburg and elsewhere.
Then came his actual
preparations for the first
worldwide Zionist Congress,
which Herzl envisioned as a
national assembly of the
Jewish people. "The Congress
will be held," wrote Herzl in
a letter dated 1897 on display.
"At the present moment that
is the chief thing. And so it
will be!"
The Congress convened in
Basel, Switzerland, August
29-31, 1897. The Herzl
Museum has extensive
documentation of that
historic event, including the
program distributed to
delegates, photographs of the
participants, and the official
policy of the Basel program,
which reads, in part:
"Zionism strives to establish
a homeland for the Jewish
people in Palestine secured by
public law."
Herzl did not live to see the
Zionist dream fully realized,
but he presided over the first
six World Zionist Congresses
and was president of the
World Zionist Organization
until his death on July 3,
1904. He died of heart disease
at age 44, and it was a death
which shocked the Jewish
world.
A photograph shows the
thousands who came to his
funeral in Vienna. In his will,
Herzl requested that he be
reinterred in Palestine at
some future time, and that re-
quest was fulfilled in 1949,
after the State of Israel was
formally established.
The most fitting way to end
a Zionist pilgrimage to Mount
Herzl is by visiting his tomb,
which is just a short walk
away from the museum itself.
Situated high on the sum-
mit, in a beautiful and tran-
quil spot which overlooks the
Judean mountains, the tomb
is austerely simple — just a
black marble rectangle, with
four Hebrew letters in gold
spelling out his name and
flower beds surrounding the
marble slab.
Every year, on the anniver-
sary of Herzl's death, special
memorial services are held
here. Israel Independence
Day celebrations open with
the lighting of beacons on
Mount Herzl.
Throughout the year, too,
this site draws thousands of
visitors — schoolchildren,
Israeli citizens, tourists from
around the world — who come
to pay their respects to the
Zionist visionary who wrote
in his diary on September 3,
1897: "At Basel I founded the
Jewish State . . . Perhaps in
five years, and certainly in fif-
ty, everyone will recognize
it." El
Demands
Are Accepted
Tel Aviv (JTA) — Israeli
Police Minister Moshe
Shahal has accepted most of
the findings of a committee
established to look into the
demands of Arab security
prisoners for improvements
in their jail conditions.
The committee was estab-
lished following a lengthy
hunger strike by the
prisoners throughout the
territories.
The improvements they
have requested include in-
creasing family visits from
30 to 45 minutes, allowing
young children to visit their
fathers in prison without
bars between them.