In his autobiography "Dichtung und Wahrheit," Goethe himself judged: "These are all results of my life, and the individual facts recounted merely serve to confirm a general observation, a higher truth." From the idea of presenting his life "in chronological order," the educational history of his era eventually emerged. "Dichtung und Wahrheit" describes the early period of Goethe's life up to 1775, thus requiring supplementation from other autobiographical writings and testimonies to form a complete picture of Goethe's life. Nevertheless, all of them are far surpassed by "Dichtung und Wahrheit." With this autobiography, the genre is fundamentally renewed, and it stands as a model and masterpiece at the same time. "In general, the most significant period of an individual's life is that of development, which in my case coincides with...".