01:510:102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Karl Lueger, World Zionist Organization, Jewish Question

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: European History Courses
• Course: 01:510:102
• Professor: Betrand Metton

Document Summary

Anti-semitism in europe: anti-semitic violence has existed in europe since the roman empire, there were instances of pogroms in medieval europe (granada in 1066, germany in. A rst wave took place in 1881-84: a second, more violent one took place in the years 1903-1906 (over 2000 victims) Pale of settlement: pale of settlement was created in 1791 by catherine the great, it bound the jewish population tot a certain territory in the russian empire. Territory encompassed ukraine, belarus, baltic states and moldova: it was supported by the russian orthodox church. Theodor herzl and zionism: theodor herzl (1860-1904) was an austrian jewish writer, journalist and political activist, helped found of the zionist movement, in 1895, herzl wrote the jewish state which argued for the emigration of european. Jews to palestine to form a jewish nation-state: in 1897, he founded the world zionist organization in basel (switzerland), to coordinate efforts towards the foundation of the jewish state.