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Pallbearers escorting the casket of the remains of Theodore Norman, grandson of Theodor Herzl, following the memorial services at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington D.C. on Monday. (AP) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 22:28 05/12/2007 Theodor Herzl's only grandson reinterred in J'lem cemetery By Anshell Pfeffer, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service Tags: Stephen Norman, Israel  The tragic life of Zionist visionary Theodor Herzl's lone grandson came full circle Wednesday with his burial at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl cemetery. Stephen Norman, who committed suicide in Washington, D.C. 61 years ago after learning of his parents' death in the Holocaust, will be reinterred alongside his grandfather, uncle and aunt. Norman, who was born Stephen Neumann to Herzl's daughter Trude, failed to escape the depression that plagued his aunt Pauline, who died from an apparent drug overdose and uncle Hans, who committed suicide. Advertisement In 1933 he received special funding from the World Zionist Organization to attend an exclusive boarding school in England and later to study law at the University of Cambridge. Norman did his utmost during this period to become a regular Englishman, even changing his name. However, the 1938 annexation of Austria, where his parents were living, brought out his Jewish roots. "I can't say I received an especially Jewish or Orthodox education," he wrote seven years later describing how he felt at the time. "The Zionist idea, despite my family connection to it, was never forced into me - not at home nor later in school or university. "But, I found my grandfather's letters and read them and I feel they comprise fascinating reading for anyone who has even the scantiness tie to Judaism." Norman tried in vain to arrange immigration visas to Palestine for his parents. He was drafted to the Royal Artillery, where he eventually became a captain, and war broke out. Losing contact, he assumed his parents were dead but was never sure. After the war he visited Palestine for the first time on a three-day visit. Later, he joined a British scientific delegation to Washington. In November 1946 he was informed that his parents had indeed perished in Teresienstadt in 1943. For three weeks he wandered the capital a broken man, feeling guilty for not having saved his parents. On November 20, at the age of only 27, he jumped to his death from the Massachusetts Avenue bridge. He was buried in Washington, D.C. Norman is Herzl's last remaining relative to be buried alongside his grandfather, whose wish before his death in 1904 was that he and the rest of his family should be buried in a future Jewish state. More Jewish World news and features Related articles: After 76 years, Herzl's children to be interred by his side in Israel Herzl's children buried alongside their father in Jerusalem Bookmark to del.icio.us Hostile environment Arab states reject a proposed UN environment center due to inclusion of Israel. Poverty report A study shows the number of poor asking for food has doubled in the last 5 years.   1.   That is why there cannot be a right of return for Pals!!! 09:56  |  arthur 05/12/07   2.   Why is he buried here? 12:04  |  Brian 05/12/07   3.   Ahhhh the Herzl`s legacy of suicide contibues 15:16  |  fk 05/12/07   4.   #1 Arthur: What did they know? 15:20  |  Kevin 05/12/07   5.   NO ARTHUR#1...TO THE CONTRARY, THAT IS WHY PALS. MUST RETURN! 16:08  |  TrippleJump 05/12/07   6.   arthur#1.... Blame the Zionists for this, not the Palestinians 16:10  |  Eric 05/12/07   7.   To#1.... And it`s Ok to make the Palestinians pay for your sins? 16:16  |  James 05/12/07   8.   arthur#1.... do you realise how you sound??? 16:18  |  Elliot 05/12/07   9.   Eric 16:42  |  marbpl 05/12/07   10.   number 3 16:58  |  bob 05/12/07   11.   And his secular Zionest legacy continues... 19:10  |  Jew 05/12/07   12.   One tragedy cannot justify causing another one. 19:42  |  Tragic Ninja 05/12/07   13.   Desicration 20:17  |  Rabbi Yisrael 05/12/07   14.   The indirect casualties of the Holocaust 20:41  |  Historian 05/12/07   15.   to bob #10 21:32  |  I.A. 05/12/07   16.   Yes... because two wrongs always make a right! 21:34  |  Naomi 05/12/07   17.   Eric #6: Learn your history 22:30  |  Ruben 05/12/07   18.   STOP BLAMING THE VICTIM 23:39  |  TOBIA 05/12/07   19.   FK HOW DID HITLER GET OIL 23:45  |  TOBIA 05/12/07   20.   This is the sort of gesture 02:11  |  Mark Lincoln 06/12/07

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