Herzl’s Children to Be Buried Near Him
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The bodies of two children of Theodore Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, will be transported from France to Israel to be buried near their father, in keeping with his century-old will, the Israeli government said.
Herzl, who died in 1904 at age 44, was buried in Vienna but specified in his will that he wanted his body, and those of his close relatives, moved to the Jewish state he hoped would one day be created.
Herzl’s body was brought to Israel in 1949 and buried in the national cemetery that bears his name.
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