Novel " 1863 " - the second part of the trilogy unfinished " in the Polish forests " , which tells about the events of the Polish uprising of 1863 writer analyzes the impact of Jewish nationalism , Polish anti-Semitism, socialism on the events of that time . Protagonist Mordkhe Alter passionate revolutionary ideas. In the Polish commune in Paris he meets ideologist of anarchism , Bakunin , advocate of Jewish emancipation Moses Hess , the future dictator of Poland Marian Langevichem . Filled with romantic hopes and messianic expectations Mordkhe takes part in hostilities in 1863 and becomes a witness to defeat the rebels.