Kammala wannan magana: A 1847, Herzen ya yi hijira tare da matarsa, mahaifiyarsa da 'ya'yansa, zuwa Italiya don kada su sake komawa Rasha. Daga Italiya, bayan jin
juyin juya halin 1848, ya hanzarta zuwa Paris sannan kuma zuwa Switzerland. Ya goyi bayan juyin juya halin 1848, amma ya yi baƙin ciki sosai da ƙungiyoyin gurguzu na Turai bayan gazawarsu. Hertzen ya sami suna a matsayin marubucin siyasa. An daskare kadarorinsa a Rasha saboda hijirarsa, amma Baron Rothschild, wanda danginsa ke da alaƙar kasuwanci, ya sasanta sakin kadarorin, waɗanda aka canja su da suna zuwa Rothschild.