(Father of Political Zionism, 1860-1904). Autograph Letter Signed, on embossed personalized headed paper. Herzl discusses authorship of the play Der Wilddiebe

HERZL, THEODOR

March 20th

Vienna

1890

In this letter to an anonymous “Doctor,” Herzl mocks the behavior of erstwhile friends: “A newspaper in Berlin recently printed the canard that I admitted my authorship of “Der Wilddiebe” in Prague. That is of course not true, but the result of the story is that here, my dear colleagues have been giving the new play a splendid reception of sustained collegiate silence. Because if they said anything, that might perhaps help one of the alleged “good friends.” According to EJ, Vol. VIII, col. 408, Herzl co-authored the play together with H. Wittmann, 1888