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This section contains the main body of Paetel's correspondence with fellow writers and former youth movement leaders, and includes letters to and from: Stefan Andres, Max Barth, Artur von Behr, Ludwig Blanck-Conrady, Hans Friedrich Blunck, Rudolf Daur, Jean-Pierre des Coudres, Joseph E. Drexel, Charlotte Ehrke, Manfred George, Heinz Gollong, Artur Grosse, Heinz Gruber, Walter Hammer, Pablo Hesslein, Hans Jaeger, Ernst Jnger, Erich von Kahler, Joseph Kaskell, Kurt Kersten, Werner Kindt, Werner Kleinow, Richard Lagrange, Werner Lass, Ernst Niekisch, Heinz Orth, Udo Rukser, Hermann W. Schmid, Albert Theile, Paul Tillich, Max Wehling, Johannes Welke, and Karl August Wittfogel.

This subseries contains letters written to Paetel in response to his article entitled "Freunde im Ausland," published in the German newspaper Die Zeit (19 June 1947), and reprinted in Union Flchtlingsdient (September 1947), in which Paetel asked readers to write to him with descriptions of conditions in post-war Germany. Paetel later published many of the responses in issues of Deutsche Gegenwart.

Included in this subseries are correspondences pertaining to book publications (Beat. Eine Anthologie), edited periodicals (Deutsche Bltter, Deutsche Gegenwart, Deutschsprachiges Forum, Gesprchsfetzen), as well as correspondence with editors and publishers of newspapers for whom Paetel wrote.

This series contains manuscript versions of Paetel's autobiographies, Ein Deutsches Tagebuch and Reise ohne Uhrzeit, both of which were published posthumously. Also included in this series are texts of several autobiographical essays.

The series includes among others, manuscript materials to: Beat. Eine Anthologie, Das Bild vom Menschen in der deutsche Jugendfhrung, Jugendbewegung und Politik, Jugend in der Entscheidung, Versuchung oder Chance?, as well as Paetel's works concerning Ernst Jnger.

Included in this section are also early versions of works which later evolved into published works.

This series includes manuscripts of Paetel's poetry, short stories and epigrams, and essayistic writings, and consists of both published and unpublished pieces. The titles listed are working titles and may differ from later published titles.

This subseries includes duplicate copies of Paetel's Jnger book, clippings of short stories and autobiographical writings.