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The opening as it read in 2005

Max Nordau ( July 29 , 1849 - January 23 , 1923 ), born Simon Maximilian Südfeld in Pest , Hungary , was a Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic.¹ He was a co-founder of the World Zionist Organization together with Theodor Herzl , and president or vice president of several Zionist congresses. He was also a social critic who wrote a number of controversial books, including The Conventional Lies of Our Civilisation ( 1883 ), Degeneration ( 1892 ), and Paradoxes ( 1896 ).² Of these books, the one most frequently remembered is Degeneration ; it was a philistine and moralistic attack on so-called degenerate art , and its arguments were adopted by the antisemitic Nazi Party in Germany . Nordau died in Paris, France in 1923 . In 1926 his remains were moved to Tel Aviv .³

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Max Simon Nordau (July 29, 1849 - January 23, 1923), born Simon Maximilian Südfeld in Pest , Hungary , was a Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic. He was a co-founder of the World Zionist Organization together with Theodor Herzl , and president or vice president of several Zionist congresses. As a social critic, he wrote a number of controversial books, including The Conventional Lies of Our Civilisation (1883), Degeneration (1892), and Paradoxes (1896). Although not his most popular or successful work whilst alive, the book most often remembered and cited today is Degeneration .

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Max Nordau Max Simon Nordau (born Simon Maximilian Südfeld ; July 29, 1849 – January 23, 1923), was a Zionist leader, physician , author , and social critic . He was a co-founder of the World Zionist Organization together with Theodor Herzl , and president or vice president of several Zionist congresses. As a social critic, he wrote a number of controversial books, including The Conventional Lies of Our Civilisation (1883), Degeneration (1892), and Paradoxes (1896). Although not his most popular or successful work whilst alive, Degeneration is the book most often remembered and cited today.

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The opening as it stood in 2020

Max Simon Nordau (born Simon Maximilian Südfeld ; July 29, 1849 – January 23, 1923) was a Zionist leader, physician , author , and social critic . He was a co-founder of the Zionist Organization together with Theodor Herzl , and president or vice president of several Zionist congresses. As a social critic, he wrote The Conventional Lies of Our Civilisation (1883), Degeneration (1892), and Paradoxes (1896). Although not his most popular or successful work whilst alive, Degeneration is the book most often remembered and cited today.

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic (1849–1923) Max Simon Nordau (born Simon Maximilian Südfeld ; 29 July 1849 – 23 January 1923) was a Zionist leader, physician , author , and social critic . He was a co-founder of the Zionist Organization together with Theodor Herzl , and president or vice-president of several Zionist congresses. As a social critic, he wrote The Conventional Lies of Our Civilisation (1883), Degeneration (1892), and Paradoxes (1896). Although not his most popular or successful work whilst alive, Degeneration is the book most often remembered and cited today.

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The opening as it stood in 2025

Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic (1849–1923) Max Simon Nordau (born Simon Maximilian Südfeld ; 29 July 1849 – 23 January 1923) was a Hungarian Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic . He was a co-founder of the Zionist Organization together with Theodor Herzl , and president or vice-president of several Zionist congresses. In his younger years he was known as a social critic, writing The Conventional Lies of Our Civilisation (1883), Degeneration (1892), and Paradoxes (1896). By 1913, Nordau was established as the earliest major critic of modernism . Although not his most popular or successful work while alive, Degeneration is the book most often remembered and cited today.

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