TY - JOUR
TI - Zionist headquarters in Krakow (1919–1939)
AU - Jaworski, Wojciech
TI - Zionist headquarters in Krakow (1919–1939)
AB - The authorities of the Zionist Organisation of Western Malopolska (from 1920 the Zionist Organisation of Western Malopolska and Silesia) fulfilled the role from 1919 of Zionist headquarters in Krakow. Initially, its activities covered the area of Western Galicia to the River San in the east. In 1920, the area of activity was enlarged to include the part of Cieszyn Silesia added to Poland, and in 1922 part of Upper Silesia. In the beginning, it focused on all Jewish national movements, with the exception of the Poalej Zion-Right workers’ party. Rabbi Abraham Ozjasz Thon played a central role in the activities of the headquarters until 1936, although after 1926 his position was weakened. In 1925, an independent regional leadership structure was established for the Mizrachi Orthodox-Zionist party, and in 1927 for the left-wing Hitachduth party, which led to the beginning of separate headquarters. In 1926, a group of Zionist-revisionists appeared within the Zionist Organisation of Western Malopolska and Silesia, which in 1931 transformed into an independent party with its own headquarters. Due to the weakness of both left-wing parties, Hitachduth and Poalej Zion-Right in the years 1934–1936, their merger took place.
VL - 2017
IS - XXIII
PY - 2021
SN - 1233-2135
C1 - 2720-0833
SP - 135
EP - 157
DO - 10.4467/12332135KRA.17.005.14659
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/krakowski-rocznik-archiwalny/article/centrale-syjonistyczne-w-krakowie-1919-1939
KW - Zionism
KW - Zionist headquarters
KW - Krakow
KW - 1918–1939