Second Zionist Congress
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The Second World Zionist Congress met in Basel, Switzerland on 28 August 1898. and was the second meeting of the Zionist Organisation. The World Zionist Congress brought together delegates from across
Herzl addressing the Second Zionist Congress
Medal from the Second Zionist Congress, 1898. In the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland.
Proposed flag for the future state that was used in the Second Congress. It bears resemblance to the modern flag, with the Star of David and two blue stripes, but also features a lion and five stars in its centre.
Theodor Herzl
First Zionist Congress
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The First Zionist Congress was the inaugural congress of the Zionist Organization held in the Stadtcasino Basel in the city of Basel on August 29–31, 1897. Two hundred and eight delegates from 17 coun
Second Zionist Congress
…to lobby for the creation of a Jewish State, and formed the World Zionist Organisation (WZO) in 1897. In August that year, the organisation met at the First Zionist Congress. It was there that it was decided that the Jewish State should be established in the region of Palestine, then under the rule of the Ottoman Empire…
Delegates at the First Zionist Congress in Basel, 1897
Stadtcasino Basel where the Congress took place
First Zionist Congress delegates
Mountain Jewish delegates with Herzl at the First Zionist Congress