Auction 26 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Report on the Work of the Zionist Commission which Examined the Uganda Plan, 1905

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Report on the Work of the Commission Sent Out by the Zionist Organization to Examine the Territory Offered by H. M. Government to the Organization for the Purposes of a Jewish Settlement in British East Africa, Major A. St. Hill Gibbons, Alfred Kaiser, N. Wilbusch. London, May 1905. English and German.
As part of the debate about Uganda the Zionist Organization sent out a special commission to examine the possibility of Jewish settlement in British East Africa. The commission decided that Uganda was not the right site to establish a mass Jewish settlement. Presented here is the report which the commission submitted upon returning from Africa: the report includes statistics, two maps and nine photo-plates. 90 pp in English, 94 pp in German, 32.5 cm. Good condition, spotting, tear to one leaf.
Herzl, Congress, JNF
Herzl, Congress, JNF