About this time, not long after the Kapp Putsch, I saw one of them scribble a strange design in his notebook during a tedious lesson. Again and again the same pattern was repeated. A few strokes combined in an unexpected, pleasing way to form a symmetrical, boxlike ornament. I was immediately tempted to copy him. “What is that?” I asked in a whisper, as it was during a lesson, boring though that was. “Anti-Semitic sign,” he whispered back in telegraphic staccato. “The Ehrhardt Brigade wore it on their helmets. Means ‘Out with the Jews.’ You ought to know it.” He went on scribbling. It was my
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