Third Zionist Congress

E417585

The Third Zionist Congress was an early gathering of the Zionist movement, held in 1899 in Basel, where delegates advanced Theodor Herzl’s program for establishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Third Zionist Congress canonical 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Zionist congress
political conference
appliesToJurisdiction Ottoman Palestine
chairperson Theodor Herzl
chronologyWithinSeries 3
country Switzerland
describedBySource Theodor Herzl’s diaries
contemporary Zionist press
endDate 1899-08-18
followedBy Fourth Zionist Congress
follows Second Zionist Congress
goal advancement of Theodor Herzl’s Zionist program
establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine
hasContext persecution and discrimination against Jews in Europe
rise of modern nationalist movements in Europe
hasEffect consolidation of Herzl’s leadership in the Zionist movement
further internationalization of the Zionist cause
strengthening of the World Zionist Organization
hasLanguage German
Hebrew
Yiddish
location Basel-Stadt
surface form: Basel
movement Political Zionism
name Third Zionist Congress self-link
organizer World Zionist Organization
participant delegates from Eastern Europe
delegates from Great Britain
delegates from Western Europe
delegates from the Austro-Hungarian Empire
delegates from the German Empire
delegates from the Russian Empire
delegates from the United States
participantCount approximately 150 delegates
partOf Zionism
surface form: Zionist movement
pointInTime 1899
politicalIdeology Zionism
religion Judaism
series World Zionist Congress
surface form: Zionist Congresses
significantPerson David Wolffsohn
Max Nordau
Theodor Herzl
startDate 1899-08-15
topic Zionism
surface form: Jewish colonization in Palestine

Jewish national home
funding mechanisms for Zionist activities
organizational structure of the Zionist movement
political strategy for Zionism
relations with European powers
relations with the Ottoman Empire

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Zionist Congress followedBy Third Zionist Congress
David Wolffsohn participatedIn Third Zionist Congress
Third Zionist Congress name Third Zionist Congress self-link