Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1847, ka heke atu a Herzen me tana wahine, whaea me ana tamariki, ki Itari kia kore ai e hoki ki Russia. Mai i Itari, i te rongonga o te
revolution o te tau 1848, ka tere atu ia ki Paris, kātahi ki Switzerland. I tautoko ia i nga hurihanga o te 1848, engari i tino pouri ki nga nekehanga hapori Pakeha i muri i to raatau ngoikoretanga. I whai ingoa a Hertzen hei kaituhi torangapu. Ko ana rawa i Ruhia i whakamutua na te mea i heke ia, engari ko Baron Rothschild, i whai hononga pakihi a tona whanau, i whakawhitiwhiti korero mo te tuku i nga rawa, i whakawhitihia ki a Rothschild.