Kurt Blumenfeld
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Kurt Blumenfeld 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.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
-born Zionist from Marggrabowa
Olecko
Olecko is a town in Masuria, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of Poland, near Ełk and Suwałki. It is situated at the mouth of the Lega river into the Great Olecko Lake on its south-western shore...
, East Prussia
East Prussia
East Prussia is the main part of the region of Prussia along the southeastern Baltic Coast from the 13th century to the end of World War II in May 1945. From 1772–1829 and 1878–1945, the Province of East Prussia was part of the German state of Prussia. The capital city was Königsberg.East Prussia...
. He was the secretary general of the World Zionist Organization
World Zionist Organization
The World Zionist Organization , or WZO, was founded as the Zionist Organization , or ZO, in 1897 at the First Zionist Congress, held from August 29 to August 31 in Basel, Switzerland...
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.