The manuscript was written in 1940, followed by an epilogue written in 1950.
University studies in Munich, Lausanne and Berlin; member of "Kartellconvent der Verbindungen juedischer Studenten deutschen Glaubens" (KC); activities for Ullstein publishing house; family history; taking over father's casket business; thoughts on Jewish and German identity; contact with Max Naumann's "Verband Nationaldeutscher Juden"; opposition against influx of East European Jews to Germany; military service as officer in World War I; antisemitism in army; work as lawyer after 1933.
Also included are photocopies of numerous documents and a collection of poems, "Vergebliche Gedichte".
