Saturday, 22 March 2008
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A visit to Palestine (January-August 1919) intended to investigate the feasibility of ultimately creating an independent Jewish State of Israel on its territory (finally achieved 29 years later on May 14, 1948). These 44 well-observed and detailed letters (written as a diary) were posted back home to his highly influential and wealthy family in America by the young (20yr old) Rudolf Goldschmidt Sonneborn, appointed as 'Secretary to the Zionist Commission'.
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