Official postcard – The Seventh Zionist Congress, which took place in Basel in 1905.
Illustration of Theodor Herzl standing facing a group of Jewish workers carrying the seven-starred flag (which had been suggested by Herzl) and the verse, ‘פקד יפקד אלקים אתכם והעליתם את עצמותי מזה אתכם’ [“The L-rd will surely remember you and you will bring up my bones from here with you”] to hint at Herzl’s passing about a year earlier, and the success of the Zionist plan nonetheless, per his will. “Zionisten Congress” is written on the upper right.
This congress was the first which took place after Herzl’s passing, in which David Wolfson took his place as president. At this congress, the Uganda plan was rejected.
RIEMER cataloge no. 9.
9×14 cm. Sent in the mail in 1905. Fine condition.