Born in Friedberg, moves with parents to Bad Nauheim; background of parents; father's acquaintance with Stefan George; parents' courtship in Darmstadt; growing up in Bad Nauheim; music lessons with Paul Hindemith; involvement with Wandervogel youth movement; study at University of Frankfurt; military service in World War I; impact of count of Jewish soldiers; interest in Judaism and Jewish culture after the war; joined Jewish youth group Kameraden; continuation of study of law at University of Munich; completion of studies at University of Giessen; friendships with Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig; work and study at the Freies Juedisches Lehrhaus in Frankfurt; excerpts from correspondence between Stahl and Rosenzweig; becomes executive sec...