 He played tennis, boxing, swam, played water polo and later coached the Swedish side Hammarby Fotboll for two seasons from 1923.He completed legal studies in the early 1920s but his career was in print, working for a Berlin newspaper ("Vossische Zeitung") from 1924 to 1933 before establishing himself as an astute author and editor.He emigrated to the United Kingdom in January, 1934 following the Nazis' seizure of power in Germany and continued as a journalist.