He studied history and philosophy at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, where he first met his later co-author Lutz Tornow, with whom he was connected in friendship till the end of his life.
Er studierte Geschichte und Philosophie an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in München, wo er seinen späteren Co-Autoren Lutz Tornow kennenlernte, mit dem er bis zu seinem Lebensende in Freundschaft verbunden war.