We live in a historical end-time which is erasing the legacy of the nineteenth century in all areas of social and individual life. Our epoch at the turn of two centuries has come to an end and there are many indications that the twentieth century will not be a continuation but the reversal of the nineteenth. ... So I want my memories to be understood as ›materials for the history of my time‹, a story of the intellectual struggles at the beginning of this era and the political struggles at its end. "Simon Dubnow 1934Simon Dubnow's book of life comprises three parts, which in three Volumes are published. Volume 2 is dedicated to Dubnow's academic and political work in the years 1903 to 1922 in Vilnius and Petersburg and gives an insight into the history of the political movements between the revolution of 1905 and the civil war.