Manfred Lütz discovers the autobiography of his great uncle Paulus von Husen and is transfixed. Paulus lived a carefree student life until the beginning of the First World War. He was part of an army unit that aided Ebert’s government in Berlin. As part of the Kreisauer Circle during the Second World War he had come into contact with Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, an army officer who made an attempt on Hitler’s life. Following the war Paulus van Husen was the first president of the constitutional court in North Rhine Westfalia. A fascinating and gripping book.