[Ludwig Bendix autobiography].

The autobiography of Ludwig Bendix, chapters 1 and 2 up to page 71, translated from the original German by his son, Ernst Bendix. The original manuscript dates from post WW II. The autobiography contains discussion of Ludwig Bendix's childhood until the age of five in Gross-Mühlingen in Anhalt; his family's religious observance; childhood after age five with his maternal grandparents in Neuhaldensleben; primary education; boarding school in Magdeburg; his family's relocation from Neuhaldensleben to Magdeburg; secondary school in Magdeburg; experiences of anti-Semitism in Magdeburg; and apprenticeship with Friedeberg Brothers grain merchants.digitizedLudwig Bendix was born June 1, 1871, in Gross-Mühlingen, Germany, and died June 14, 1961, in New York City. He was a renowned international banker and a German diplomat