A group photograph of participants in the Sixth Zionist Congress held in Basel in 1903. In the center - Theodor Herzl. The photograph is depicted: "Russische Landsmannschaft II" - Russian deputies. Photographer: Robert spreng - Signed in print right below.
Among those photographed: the editor of the 'Di welt' newspaper (of Herzel)- Sigmund Werner, alongside deputies from Russia and the Caucasus Mountains.
For another photograph taken at the same event by the Swiss photographer Robert Sprang, see the Beit Hatfutsot archive item number: 181495.
The Sixth Zionist Congress was held in Basel on August 23-28, 1903. The congress was attended by about 600 delegates, headed by the leader of the Zionist movement, Dr. Benjamin Ze'ev Herzl. At the center of the congress was the controversy and heated discussions about the Uganda plan, proposed by the British government to Herzl, for the settlement of Jews in Uganda by the Zionist movement.
Size: 22x16 cm. Good condition.
