Letter in the handwriting of David Wolfson - on a postcard with Lillien's work

Letter in the handwriting of David Wolfson - on a postcard with Lillien's work

Letter in the handwriting and signature of David Wolfson, President of the World Zionist Organization. On the front of the postcard, Ephraim Moshe Lillian's work "Shirat Bat Zion" Sent by mail to Bon (Germany) to Haney (Fanny) Schatz in December 1902. "Dear Honey, I hope you have found your son in peace, and that in the meantime you have calmed down. I feel bad again, I sweated a lot, but the cough is almost gone."

David Wolfson [1856-1914] Zionist leader and activist and second president of the World Zionist Organization. After attending a speech by Max Bodenheimer that dealt with the revival of the Jewish people, Wolfson began giving his own speeches on Zionism. Wolfson soon joined the leading activists in the German Hibat Zion movement and became to a leading influencer. The huge impression left on her by Herzl's book The State of the Jews made Wolfson go to Vienna and become Herzl's close friend and personal assistant. After returning from Vienna, Wolfson established in Cologne the nucleus that would become the Zionist Organization in Germany - the "National Jewish Association". It was Wolfson who designed the Israeli flag inspired by the tallit, and it was he who gave the Zionist shekel its name.

[1] Postcard (Phonix Publishing). Very good condition.