For all family researchers, young historians, and scholars of all disciplines, especially those from the English-speaking world who need to read documents written in German cursive and have little or no practice in doing so, Fritz Verdenhalven now offers a workbook for quickly and securely learning the old German script. Anyone can gradually improve their reading and writing skills in small, well-measured steps, starting from the carefully written alphabet to individual words, original texts, and marginal notes in casual everyday handwriting. And - which is particularly important for learning success - the user can immediately check their results themselves, as the author has provided a printed version alongside the texts. The material is arranged in such a way that after a customizable transition phase, one will be able to read even the most difficult texts. Fritz Verdenhalven particularly addresses the problems faced by foreign users, which is why he has written his introduction, in which he discusses the developmental stages of German script from the 16th to the 20th century and describes the learning objectives and materials of his book, in a bilingual format - German and English. The author and publisher invite you to assess and further develop your reading and writing skills in German script and to recommend this book to as many interested parties as possible, so that what Fritz Verdenhalven and many others fear does not come to pass: that in a few years, only a very few older people will be able to read German script.