Foreword to the first Polish edition -- Introduction to the English edition -- Part I: Jaslo -- The Gymnasium -- In the capital Lwów -- Göttingen -- The return home -- The life of a private scholar -- Part II: In the university town Lwów -- The first occupation -- Interlude: Flashes of memory -- The second occupation -- Homeless wandering -- Osiczyna -- Interlude: Flashes of memory -- Stróze -- Diary entries -- A flash of memory -- Diary entries (continued) -- Between Kraków and Wroclaw -- Wroclaw -- A taste of America -- Wroclaw again -- America again -- Home again -- Index of names