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Second Zionist Congress: Basel 28 - 31 August 1898

Das Judentum ist jetzt auf moralischen Wanderungen begriffen. Wohin der Pfad führt? ... Wir hoffen zu besseren Tagen. - The moral wandering of the Jews has begun. Whither will it lead us? Into better times, let us hope.


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Third Zionist Congress: Basel 15 - 18 August 1899

Der Kongress ist seinen Jünglingsjahren entwachsen, er ist sozusagen männlich geworden. - The Congress passed out of its boyhood, it has entered the stage of manhood.


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Fourth Zionist Congress: London 13 - 16 August 1900
 Wir bauen, wir bauen, und unser Bau wächst. - We are building; the structure grows.

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Fifth Zionist Congress: Basel 26 - 31 December 1901

Herzl reported to the Congress of his meeting with Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey and of the progress of the Jewish Colonial Trust. These achievements did not satisfy all the delegates, in particular those associated with the recently formed Democratic Faction.


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Sixth Zionist Congress: Basel 23 - 28 August 1903

At the Fifth Zionist Congress, a resolution was adopted determining that the next Congress would take place every alternate year and not - as had been the practice - annually.


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First Zionist Congress: Basel 29 - 31 August 1897
In Basel habe ich den Judenstaat gegründet. - In Basel I founded the Jewish State.

The first Zionist Congress was to have taken place in Munich, Germany. However, due to considerable opposition by the local community leadership, both Orthodox and Reform, it was decided to transfer the proceedings to Basel, Switzerland.

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