THE THIRTEENTH TRIBE: The Khazar Empire and its Heritage

A startling discovery about the true ancestry of the Jewish people…traces the history of the ancient Khazar Empire, a major but almost forgotten power in Eastern Europe, which in the Dark Ages converted to Judaism. Khazaria was finally wiped out by Genghis Khan, but evidence indicates that the Khazars migrated to Poland and formed the cradle of Western Jewry. In the second part of this book, “The Heritage,” Koestler speculates about the ultimate faith of the Khazars and their impact on the racial composition and social heritage of modern Jewry, producing a theory that if confirmed voids the intended meaning of the term “anti-Semitism.” The author “allegedly” committed suicide shortly after publication.