Sixth Zionist Congress

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The Sixth Zionist Congress was a key early 20th-century gathering of the Zionist movement where delegates debated the future direction of Jewish national aspirations, including the controversial Uganda Proposal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Zionist Congress
international political conference
aim define practical steps for establishing a Jewish national home
alsoKnownAs Sixth Zionist Congress in Basel
attendedBy delegates from Austria-Hungary
delegates from Germany
delegates from Great Britain
delegates from Russia
delegates from United States
chairperson Theodor Herzl
consideredProposalFrom British government
linked to: UK government
consideredTerritory British East Africa
East Africa
area near Uganda
continent Europe
country Switzerland
endDate 1903-08-28
followedBy Seventh Zionist Congress
follows Fifth Zionist Congress
hasContext Kishinev pogrom of 1903
heldInCity Basel
linked to: Basel-Stadt
historicalSignificance turning point in internal Zionist debates
ideologicalConflict territorialism vs. Palestine-centered Zionism
ideology Jewish nationalism
influenced formation of Jewish Territorial Organization
later debates on territorialism in Zionism
language German
location Basel
linked to: Basel-Stadt
mainSubject Jewish national home
Uganda Proposal
territorial solution for Jewish question
movement Political Zionism
organizer World Zionist Organization
partOf Zionist movement
linked to: Zionism
president Theodor Herzl
proposedBy Theodor Herzl
result decision to send a commission to examine East Africa territory
no final abandonment of Palestine as primary goal
significantEvent debate on Uganda Proposal
split between political and territorialist Zionists
walkout of some Russian delegates
startDate 1903-08-23
timePeriod early 20th century
topic Jewish colonization projects
antisemitism in Eastern Europe
future of Jewish settlement in Palestine
relations with Ottoman Empire
year 1903

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David Wolffsohn participatedIn Sixth Zionist Congress
Fifth Zionist Congress followedBy Sixth Zionist Congress
Sixth Zionist Congress alsoKnownAs Sixth Zionist Congress in Basel
linked to: Sixth Zionist Congress
Seventh Zionist Congress follows Sixth Zionist Congress