World Zionist Organization (WZO)

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

World Zionist Organization (WZO)

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      Other form(s) of name

      • Zionist Organization (ZO)

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1897-

      History

      The Zionist Organization (ZO) was created at the instigation of Theodor Herzl in August 1897 during the First Zionist Congress held in Basel (Switzerland). Its foundation went along with the establishment of the Basel Program, stating its goals, which can be summed up as follows: to promote the settlement of Jewish people in Palestine; to unit the Jewish community on local and international levels; to strengthen the Jewish national sentiment; to intervene with government.
      The Central Zionist Office, headquarters of the organization, was first set in Vienna (Austria-Hungary then). Afterwards, it moved to Cologne (Germany - 1905), to Berlin (Germany - 1911), to London (Great Britain - 1920) and, finally, to Jerusalem (1955).
      In 1960, the Zionist Organization changed its name to World Zionist Organization (WZO).
      Several bodies are coordinated by the WZO, as world zionist unions, territorial zionist federations and international zionist organizations.

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      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      ArchivalJM_RC_WZO

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      Rules and/or conventions used

      ISAAR (CPF), 2nd edition, 2004.
      Available online: https://www.ica.org/en/isaar-cpf-international-standard-archival-authority-record-corporate-bodies-persons-and-families-2nd

      Date format: ISO 8601, 2nd edition, 2000.

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      Entry prepared and entered on 2022-01-07.

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          Sources

          World Zionist Organization (WZO), Mission Statement, accessed 2022-01-07: https://www.wzo.org.il/Mission-Statement
          Central Zionist Archives (CZA), "Guide to the Archival Record Groups and Collections", not dated, accessed 2022-01-07: http://www.zionistarchives.org.il/en/collections/Documents/Guide%20to%20the%20Archival%20Records%20Groups%20and%20Collections%202013-2-FINAL.pdf

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