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Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
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Franz Rademacher
German lawyer and diplomat (1906–1973)
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Plan of Nazi Germany to relocate Jews of Europe to Madagascar
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Theodor Herzl
Father of modern political Zionism (1860–1904)
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