Aharon Appelfeld is one of the foremost authors in Israel today. Before he published his novel Badenheim 1939, Appelfeld wrote a short story under the same title that represents the kernal of his brilliant, pre-Holocaust allegory. This pamphlet contains Betsy Rosenberg’s revised translation of the short story Badenheim 1939. It will be of great interest to all scholars and students of Hebrew fiction.

Translated by: Betsy Rosenberg