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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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 ⓘ