Since the founding of the State of Israel, nearly the entire Jewish population of the Arab world, whose history in many places dates back thousands of years—well before the emergence of Islam and Christianity—was displaced within a few decades. This remains a little-discussed chapter in the history of the 20th century. The silence that surrounded this forced mass exodus for a long time has only gradually been broken in recent years. A number of publications have since shed light on the central aspect of the history of Jews under Islamic rule: the dhimmi status of non-Muslim minorities. One of these works is the book "The Torn Thread: How the Arab World Lost Its Jews" by Nathan Weinstock. The ça ira publishing house presents the first German-language publication of this work.