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Das Leben Theodor Herzls von Adolf Friedemann, portrait, 1914, in German - Das Leben Theodor Herzls von Adolf Friedemann, portrait, 1914, in German Berlin, Juedischer Verlag, 1914. 2. durchges. Aufl. 141 pp., frontispiece – portrait of Theodor Herzl. Woodcut editor’s logo by Joseph Budko Hard cover, size: 20.5 x 15 cm. Condition: cover worn, rubbed; spine is missing but biding still tight; many pages with foxing stains. Weight: 280 gr. Adolf Friedemann (1871–1932), one of Herzl's first supporters. Born in Berlin, Friedemann was a founder of the Juedische Humanitaetsgesellschaft in Berlin (1893), which later developed into the Jewish Student Zionist Organization in Germany (1895). When Herzl became active in Jewish affairs, Friedemann was his faithful companion, carrying out various missions on his behalf and accompanying him on his trip to Egypt in connection with the El-Arish Project (1902). He was a member of the Zionist General Council from 1903 to 1920, and after the Keren Hayesod was established, worked in its behalf in several countries. Friedemann published numerous articles and books on Zionism and Ere? Israel. His book Das Leben Theodor Herzls (1914) was the first biography of the founder of political Zionism to be published in book form. Other books are Was will der Zionismus (1903), Reisebilder aus Palaestina (1904, with illustrations by H. Struck), and a biography David Wolffsohn (1916). He was also the chief editor of the first lexicon of Zionism, Zionistisches abc Buch (1908). He died in Amsterdam. Joseph Budko (born August 27, 1888 in Płońsk, Russian Empire; died July 17, 1940 in Jerusalem, League of Nations Mandate for Palestine) was a Jewish-Polish artist who worked predominantly in Berlin and later in Jerusalem.