The Wandering Jews (German: Juden auf Wanderschaft) is a short non-fiction book (1926–27) by Joseph Roth[1] about the plight of the Jews in the mid-1920s who, with other refugees and displaced persons in the aftermath of World War I, the Russian Revolution and the redrawing of national frontiers following the Treaty of Versailles, had fled to the West from Lithuania, Poland and Russia. "They sought shelter in cities and towns where most of them had never been and, unfortunately, where they were made despicably unwelcome."[2] Poverty stricken villagers, they were set apart by their origins, their piety and their dress. In the last five months of 1926 he visited the Soviet Union where he wrote the final section, The Condition of the Jews in Soviet Russia.[3] Walter Jens called it the best book on its subject in German. An English translation by Michael Hofmann was published in 2001.[4][5][1][6]
- ^ a b Evans, Julian (12 February 2001). "Melodies of melancholy. Joseph Roth, master elegist of the Hapsburg empire, has been rescued from undeserved neglect. Julian Evans on the lonely wanderer who anticipated the coming Nazi storm". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 2 December 2008.
- ^ Michael Hoffman, The Wandering Jews, Preface p.xiv, 2001
- ^ Michael Hofmann, The Wandering Jews, Preface p.xiv Granta 2001 ISBN 1-86207-392-9
- ^ Mars-Jones, Adam (23 December 2000). "Review: The Wandering Jews by Joseph Roth". The Observer. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ^ Maccoby, Hyam (8 January 2001). "The lost tribes of Europe". The Evening Standard. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ^ Eder, Richard (24 December 2000). "Unsafe Haven". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
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