Hungarian-born Austrian founder of Zionism (1860–1904). ALS in German, signed “Herzl,” one page, 5.75 x 8.75, Neue Freie Presse letterhead, circa December 1900. Letter to a friend. In full (translated): “The manuscript of your novel is now with Dr. Bacher, who has promised me to read it soon,” adding a brief postscript: “Remind Dr. B directly in about eight days.” A docketing notation to the reverse reads “Herzl 2.12.00,” likely the date the letter was received. In fine condition, with central vertical and horizontal folds. In 1891, Herzl became the Paris correspondent for the influential Viennese newspaper Neue Freie Presse [New Free Press], where Dr. Eduard Bacher was the editor and co-publisher. It was this position that put Herzl in Paris during the Alfred Dreyfus affair, and his coverage of the ordeal convinced him that the solution to anti-Semitism was the establishment of a Jewish state. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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