Growing Up -- Maturing -- Becoming Bethe -- Beyond the Doctorate : 1928-1933 -- England, 1933-1935 -- Hilde Levi -- Cornell University -- The Happy Thirties -- Rose Ewald Bethe -- Conclusion: Past and Future -- Appendix A: The Bethe Family Genealogy -- Appendix B: Courses Taken at Frankfurt University -- Appendix C: A Brief History of the Genesis of Quantum Mechanics -- Appendix D: Courses Taken at Munich University -- Appendix E: Bethe's Doctoral Thesis -- Appendix F: The Habilitationsschrift Defense.