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movement embracing millions, before he died from heart
failure at the age of 44. This room is an exact
replica of Herzl's room in Vienna, with all his
furniture & books & things. He must have been a
man of immense personality & drive & capacity for
work - he only began to work on Zionism at
the age of 36.
Then we went off to Shintok's house, & Berlin took
us by way of Mount Scopus, which is the highest
part of the Mount of Olives. From there we first
of all had a gorgeous view of the Dead jSea, 3600
feet below & 25 miles away - & the Moabic Hills
beyond. It was a terrific view, as you can well imagine.
Then on the other side, from the steps of the Hebrew
University, we were able to look down on the city of
Jerusalem, & see the whole of it, the old & the new
cities - the wall - Golgotha - the garden of Gethsemane
- & so on. I am very urgently invited to come back
again & really [see underlined] Jerusalem. I am determined to do
this as soon as possible.
At Shetok's house, the party consisted of his wife, who
is a very pleasant & kind homely little woman, who had
been to Reading Agricultural College in 1926 - Berlin
& his wife - a Dr Werner Senafar, who is something
important at the Hebrew University & to do with education
in the Jewish Agency. (He & I had already corresponded,
as he was Sgt Gergel's guardian) & Ben & myself. They
have three children, between the ages of 8 & 12 or
so, but they only floated in & out rather shyly.
It was a very pleasant lunch & the conversation
was general & cheerful & interesting. Shetak is