Theodor Herzl

Theodor Herzl
תִאוַדור הֶרְצְל
Theodor Herzl
Born	Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין זְאֵב הֶרְצֵל (1860-05-02)May 2, 1860 Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	July 3, 1904(1904-07-03) (aged 44) Reichenau an der Rax, Austria-Hungary
Resting place	Mount Herzl
Other names	חוֹזֵה הַמְדִינָה (Khozeh HaMedinah, lit. "Visionary of the State")

Theodor Herzl (Hebrew: תִאוַדור הֶרְצְל, Ti'vadar Hertzel; Hungarian: Herzl Tivadar; May 2, 1860 – July 3, 1904) was the founder of the modern political Zionism that established the modern state of Israel. He died of cardiac sclerosis in 1904 in Austria. He was buried in Mount Herzl, which was named for him. Until 1949, Mount Herzl was the only National Military and Police Cemetery. After 1951 the National Civil Cemetery of the State of Israel (Helkat Gdolei Ha'Uma) was opened beside his grave in the Southern side of Mount Herzl. Also a section for his family graves was built near Mount Herzl Plaza and his grave.

Other websites

• On Herzl's Diaries, Shlomo Avineri
• Original Letters and Primary Sources from Theodor Herzl Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine Shapell Manuscript Foundation
• About Israel - Herzl Now Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
• Herzl's Writing Archived 2005-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
• Biography of Theodor Herzl
• Herzl's Centenary and Award
• Herzl family Archived 2010-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
• Famous Hungarian Jews: Herzl Tivadar Archived 2014-08-24 at the Wayback Machine