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Karel Edersheim, Dutch Zionist Leader, Dead at 82

June 1, 1976
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Karel J. Edersheim, a Dutch Zionist leader who served as Israel’s representative at The Hague for two years after the creation of the State, died here last week at the age of 82. Mr. Edersheim, a lawyer, also served for a number of years as the Jewish Agency’s representative in Holland. He was regarded as Dutch Jewry’s most respected “elder statesman.”

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