"On the whole, my family had always adopted……" — Guy de Rothschild

On the whole, my family had always adopted a reserved attitude toward… - Guy de Rothschild

"On the whole, my family had always adopted a reserved attitude toward Zionism; my great-uncle Edmond had acted on his own in generously supporting Jewish Palestine, for reasons more humanitarian and religious than political. But the devastation caused by the war and the extermination of six million Jews radically changed all of our former attitudes. The idea of a Jewish homeland acquired an intense emotional appeal; I myself became an ardent Zionist.."

— Guy de Rothschild

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