Kurt Blumenfeld

Kurt Blumenfeld (May 29, 1884 – May 21, 1963) was a German-born Zionist from Marggrabowa, East Prussia. He was the secretary general of the World Zionist Organization from 1911 to 1914. He died in Jerusalem.

He had served as secretary of the German Federation of Zionists from 1909 to 1911 and later served as president of that organization beginning in 1924.

He was a good friend of Hannah Arendt.

Works

Kurt Blumenfeld und Hans Tramer: Erlebte Judenfrage. Ein Viertel-Jahrhundert deutscher Zionismus. Stuttgart 1962
Im Kampf um den Zionismus. Briefe aus fünf Jahrzehnten. Stuttgart 1976
Hannah Arendt und Kurt Blumenfeld: ... in keinem Besitz verwurzelt. Die Korrespondenz, hrsg. von Ingeborg Nordmann und Iris Pilling, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 388022806X

Sources

Laqueur. History of Zionism. p. 156.

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