Ludger Kühnhardt looks back on the most important people who have accompanied his journey since his birth in 1958. He recalls his early perceptions of the world as well as the forms and consequences of his upbringing in a Catholic household. Topics from politics and religion, culture and history have dominated his reading up to his high school graduation and ever since. A vocational training as an editor at the German School of Journalism provided him with the tools for a media profession in 1977/1978.