Theodor Herzl was born 2nd May 1860 in Budapest, Hungary, part of the old Austrian empire. He died 3rd July 1904, Edlach, Austria at only 44 years of age.
Herzl was born of well-to-do middle-class parents. His first taste of school life brought him considerable trauma due to violent anti-semitism. Therefore in 1875 his parents transferred him to a school where most of the students were Jews. [Read more…]