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pt. 1. Decisions and realities -- A classical education -- Young scientist -- 'German student' -- Italian postscript -- pt. 2. Devotion, duty, and family ties -- Gertrud Mayer -- 'In the clinic' -- Max Weber -- Enno Jaspers -- pt. 3. Artistic associations -- 'Ordinarius' in Heidelberg -- Paris, Sicily, and Vincent van Gogh -- Martin Heidegger in the 1920s -- pt. 4. Absences and presences -- Inside Nazi Germany -- Nietzsche lectures -- Keeping faith -- Oxford connections, visitors, and loyal friends -- pt. 5. Picture of humanity -- 'Liberated by Allied Forces' -- Citizens of Basel -- 'Rencontres' in Geneva -- Talking peace -- pt. 6. 'In my end is my beginning' -- Butterflies in Sils Maria -- 'Child Hannah.'