This historic youth movement left a remarkable legacy in the 20th century. Notable members included Willy Brandt, Walter Dirks, Manfred Hausmann, Werner Heisenberg, Robert Jungk and Johannes Rau. Many of these names are associated with German history after the Second World War. To what extent have experiences in the youth movement inspired and influenced self-images and worldviews? To what extent were the orientations of the youth movement sustained in terms of commitment to social obligation and responsibility? How are these impulses reflected in lifestyles and self-images of well-known politicians, educators, theologians, philosophers, sociologists? In this book, autobiographical documents of more than 60 prominent public figures are commented upon. The annotated collection presents a broad selection of social and biographical accounts of the youth movement in 20th-century German History. Followers of the German Youth Movement Portrayed in this Book: Wolfgang Abendroth (1906-1985), Otto Abetz (1903-1958), Werner Angress (1920-2010), Christel Beilmann (1921-2005), Siegfried Arnold Bergstraesser (1896-1964), Bernfeld (1892-1953), Hans Bohnenkamp (1893-1970), Otto Friedrich Bollnow (1903-1991), Fritz Borinski (1903-1988), Willy Brandt, (1913-1992), Rudolf Carnap (1891-1970), Werner Conze (1910-1986), Walter Dirks (1901-1991), Hermann Ludwig Ehlers (1904-1954), Norbert Elias (1897-1990), Wilhelm Flitner (1889-1990), Hans Freyer (1887-1969), Eugen Gerstenmaier (1906-1986), Helmut Gollwitzer (1908-1993), Willi Graf (1918-1943), Bernhard Grzimek (1909-1987), Romano Guardini (1885-1968), Hans Harmsen (1899-1989), Manfred Hausmann (1898-1986), Werner Heisenberg (1901-1971), Ernst Junger (1895-1998), Robert Jungk (1913-1994), Helmuth Kittel (1902-1984), Rene Konig (1906-1992), Alfred Kurella (1895-1975), Walter Laqueur (geb. 1921), Erich Luth (1902-1989), Paul (Yogi) Mayer (1912-2011), Klaus Mehnert (1906-1981), Felix Messerschmid (1904-1981), Erich Ollenhauer (1901-1093), Josef Pieper (1904-1994), Harald Poelchau (1903-1972), Franz Poggeler (1926-2009), Johannes Rau (1931-2006), Karl Rauch (1897-1966), Adolf Reichwein (1898-1944), Alexander Rustow (1885-1963), Hermann Schafft (1883-1959), Helmut Schelsky (1912-1984), Walter Scherf (1920-2010), Theodor Schieder (1908-1984), Carlo Schmid (1896-1979), Gershom Scholem (1897-1982), Hans Scholl (1918-1943), Jurgen Seifert (1928-2005), Nicolaus Sombart (1923-2008), Guy Stern (geb. 1922), Peter Suhrkamp (1891-1959), Gerhard Szczesny (1918-2002), Alfred Toepfer (1894-1993), Herbert Weichmann (1896-1983), Heinz-Dietrich Wendland (1900-1992), Heinz Westphal (1924-1998), Theodor Wilhelm (1906-2005), Friedrich Wolf (1888-1953)