The democratic Czechoslovak First Republic was a multi-ethnic state. Representatives of the growing Jewish national movement, Zionism, demanded the same rights for nationally identifying Jews as for other national minorities. Thus, in the 1921 and 1930 censuses, it was possible to declare one's Jewish nationality, regardless of mother tongue or religious membership.
The national Jews, known as Zionists, today refer to themselves by the name of the country in which they live: they are Israelis. Their dream of establishing a Jewish national homeland came true in May 1948.
The pre-war postcard above shows the visit of the President of the World Zionist Organization and later the first President of Israel, Dr. Chaim Weizmann, to Brno on January 6, 1925.