Żydowscy uchodźcy: media, religia, wyobraźnia, kultura

Abstract

The article is a comprehensive discussion of refugees in Jewish culture, starting from biblical times, through the figure of Ahasverus, to historical events dating back to the Holocaust. Invoking the thought of Hannah Arendt, the researcher argues that the fugitive, pursued, seeks refuge, is in a way condemned to the help of other people, and this experience is all the more difficult when the only reason for fleeing is that one is a Jew. Being a Jew is a reason for persecution. A person loses his home, his familiar daily life, often his health, and his life, just because another person has assigned him the role of a wanderer, a “deicide,” and a “fratricide.”