Kadimah ( he, קדימה, lit. ''Onward'') (German: A.V. Kadima Wien) was the first

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, founded many years before

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became the leading spokesman of the

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History

The national Jewish and Zionist ''Kadimah'' was founded by Nathan Birnbaum together with Moses Schnirer, Ruben Bierer and Peretz Smolenskin in Vienna on 25 October 1882. Well-known members of ''Kadimah'' include

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, Isidor Schalit and

Fritz Löhner-Beda Fritz Löhner-Beda (24 June 1883 – 4 December 1942), born Bedřich Löwy, was an Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer. Once nearly forgotten, many of his songs and tunes remain popular today. He was murdered in Auschwitz III Monowitz concen ...

. Members of the Kadimah founded the Jewish

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''Hasmonaea Czernowitz'' in 1891, ''Moriah Vienna'' in 1893 and ''Barissia Radautz'' in 1912. This movement was founded by Galician students in Vienne, but dominated by Western Jews around 1900. Hitler's Vienna, by Brigitte Hamann, page 272 ''Kadimah'' itself was liquidated by then

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-ruled official authorities in August 1938.

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