The author of this biography, the Berlin Slavic Studies scholar and historian of literature Fritz Mierau (1934-2018), regarded Franz Jung (1888-1963), the writer and economic analyst born in Neisse in Upper Silesia, as an exemplary figure of the 20th century: a man who had experienced in all extremity the century's loftiest expectations for humanity and most abysmal upheavals. With great expertise and personal involvement, the biographer succeeds...