THE ZIONIST CONGRESS - COLLECTION WITH MEIR DIZENGOFF, CAROLA W. ROTHSCHILD, JANET LIEBERMAN, REBECCA H. SAFER, VERA R. (MRS. CHAIM) WEIZMANN, IDA (MRS. ARCHIBALD) SILVERMAN, ADINOR GRODSENSKY, LOUIS LIPSKY AND OTHERS - HFSID 91569

 

ZIONIST CONGRESS
Signatures collected at the Zionist Congress in Zurich.
A unique collection of 52 signatures in pencil on six separate sheets of paper, each 5¾x7, three bearing imprint of lion and "Baur au Lac/Zurich" in upper left, signed at the Zionist Congress held in Zurich, Switzerland, probably the Sixteenth Congress in 1929. Most are signed in English, a few in Hebrew. Includes: Léon Blum (Jewish Prime Minister of France, 1936-1937, 1938), Herbert Samuel (1st High Commissioner of Palestine, 1920-1925), M. Dizengoff (founder and 1st Mayor of Tel-Aviv), Vera R. Weizmann (First Lady, wife of 1st President of Israel Chaim Weizmann), Morris Rothenberg, Herbert Solow, James N. Rosenberg, Cyrus Adler, Carla Marburg Rothschild, Janet Lieberman, Rebecca Herzmark Safer, Simon Marks, David M. Bressler, Meyer Spielman and 38 others. A few days after the Sixteenth Congress had closed, riots broke out in Palestine. The Zionist movement was in chaos and Chaim Weizmann, re-elected President of the World Zionist Organization, resigned. Worthy of further research. Lightly creased, some soiling at blank margins. Overall, fine condition. Six items.