O Teodoru Herclu

Abstract

U Budimpešii, kraj hrama u ulici Dohanj, u kući ukrašenoj dorskim stubovima, 2. maja 1904 godine, ugledao je Teodor Hercl svetlost dana. Ta kuća već odavno ne postoji, ali je na njenom mestu podignuta, na visokim arkadama, jevrejska palata kulture u kojoj je počasno mesto zauzimala Herclova krilatica: ,,Natrag ka Jevrejstvu". Iz te kuće vodio je petkom uveče Jakov Hercl, svečano ozbiljan, svog sina Teodora u veliki hram koji će jednom gordo nositi ime tog dečaka. Iz te kuće je Žanet, rođena Dijamant, žena finog produhovljenog lika, sanjalačkih očiju, tiho pratila svog sina u susednu ulicu do jevrejske osnovne škole gde se upoznao sa prvim jevrejskim slovima...

In Budapest, near the temple on Dohanj Street, in a house decorated with Doric pillars, on May 2, 1904, Theodor Herzl saw the light of day. That house is long gone, but in its place was erected, on high arcades, the Jewish Palace of Culture, in which Herzl's catchword, "Back to Jewry," occupied the place of honor. Jacob Herzl, solemnly serious, guide from that house on Friday evening his son Theodor in the great temple that would once proudly bear the name of that boy. From that house, Jeanette, born Diamond, a fine-minded, dreamy-eyed woman, quietly accompanied her son to a nearby street to a Jewish elementary school where he became familiarized with the first Jewish letters...