| Cover | 1 |
| Titelei | 4 |
| Inhaltsverzeichnis | 6 |
| Vorwort der Reihenherausgeberinnen | 10 |
| Vorbemerkung der Herausgeberin des Bandes | 12 |
| Einleitung der Herausgeberin | 14 |
| 1) Eine Exilschrift und ihre Geschichte | 14 |
| 2) Gesichtspunkte der Edition | 18 |
| 3) Fritz Borinski: Homo politicus | 21 |
| 4) Was das Buch bietet | 26 |
| 5) Borinskis Text in fachgeschichtlicher Perspektive | 28 |
| 6) Demokratische Regeneration nach Holocaust und Totalitarismus | 40 |
| Introduction by the Author | 44 |
| Chapter I The German Volkshochschulbewegung – a Democratic and Spiritual Movement | 48 |
| 1) In 1918/19 | 48 |
| 2) Bourgeois Society Restored | 50 |
| 3) The Old and the New School | 51 |
| 4) Stimuli from Abroad | 57 |
| 5) Other Stimuli / Allied Movements | 60 |
| 6) Founding Years | 62 |
| 7) Boom and Crisis (1919 – 1923) | 65 |
| 8) Stabilization | 68 |
| 9) The Character of the Volkshochschulbewegung (Folk-High-School Movement) | 70 |
| Chapter II The Abendvolkshochschule (Evening Folk High-School) | 74 |
| 1) Evening Classes or Bildungsanstalten? | 74 |
| 2) The Organization of the Abendvolkshochschule | 75 |
| 3) The Social Background | 77 |
| 4) The Syllabus | 80 |
| 5) Social Sciences at the Abendvolkshochschule | 81 |
| 6) Arts at the Abendvolkshochschule | 82 |
| 7) Consideration of Special Interests | 83 |
| 8) Absence of Systematic Courses | 85 |
| 9) School or Community Centre? | 86 |
| 10) Gemeinschaft as Living Source and as Escape | 89 |
| 11) The Realistic Trend in the Development of the Abendvolkshochschule | 90 |
| Excursus: Academy of Labour (Akademie der Arbeit, Frankfurt a. M.) | 93 |
| Chapter III Residential Colleges | 100 |
| 1) The Bauernvolkshochschulen | 101 |
| 2) The Heimvolkshochschulen (Residential Colleges for Town People) | 106 |
| 3) The Volkshochschulheime (Educational Town Hostels) | 120 |
| 4) Some Achievements | 126 |
| 5) The Camps for Young People | 128 |
| 6) Conclusion | 130 |
| Chapter IV Some Problems of the German Volkshochschule Movement | 132 |
| A The Problem of “Neutrality” | 132 |
| 1) Freie Volksbildung | 132 |
| 2) “Neutrality” as Educational Philosophy | 134 |
| 3) “Neutrality” as Political Tactics | 135 |
| 4) The Essen System | 136 |
| 5) The School of Leipzig | 137 |
| 6) The Hohenrodt League | 139 |
| 7) A Common Purpose? | 140 |
| B The Statutory Position of German Adult Education | 143 |
| 1) Problems Confronting Adult Educational Policy | 143 |
| 2) Public Assistance and Interference | 144 |
| 3) Finances | 144 |
| 4) The Tutors | 147 |
| C Social Effects and Background of Adult Education | 151 |
| 1) The Students | 151 |
| 2) Social Effect | 152 |
| 3) The Volkshochschüler as a New Type of Social Functionary | 153 |
| 4) The Social Position of the Volkshochschule Movement | 154 |
| 5) Related Educational Forces | 155 |
| 6) The Volkshochschule and the Masses (Formal and Informal Adult Education) | 158 |
| D Why did the Volkshochschule Fail? (An Attempt to Assess Achievement and Failure) | 162 |
| Chapter V The Fatal Slump | 166 |
| 1) Psychological Depression (The “Fifth Estate”) | 166 |
| 2) Vocational Retraining Courses for the Unemployed | 168 |
| 3) Voluntary Labour Service | 168 |
| 4) The Economic Slump | 173 |
| 5) Surrender or Dissolution | 177 |
| 6) Spiritual Opposition – A Hope for the Future | 179 |
| Chapter VI Some Reflections on the Future of German Adult Education | 180 |
| 1) Adult Education in a Rebuilding Crisis | 180 |
| 2) The Place of Adult Education in Rebuilding Democracy | 181 |
| 3) The Purpose of Adult Education in Post-Nazi Germany | 182 |
| 4) Social Forces and the Future of Adult Education in Germany | 184 |
| 5) The Educational Approach | 186 |
| 6) A New Community of Values? | 188 |
| 7) The Public and Autonomous Status of Democratic Adult Education | 189 |
| 8) Elitist or Mass Movement? | 191 |
| 9) Adult Education in a Working Democracy | 193 |
| 10) The Good Fight | 197 |
| Prosopographischer Anhang | 200 |
| Literaturverzeichnis | 254 |
| Index | 266 |
| Rückumschlag | 288 |
