Im Dunkeln singen, 1982 bis 1985 consists of the diaries of Luise Rinser of the first half of the 1980s. There are four parts, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985, but within each part entries are not dated; there are few references to general facts, so passages are hard to date. When these diaries were written, Rinser (1911) was in her early seventies. She is still very active, traveling all over the world to visit symposia, and quite fierce and outspoken in various political matters, and a missionary-driven outlook on religion.

Probably the most amusing episode is her visit to a peace conference in India, which turns out to be organized by the Moon sect.

There are also various reflections on the Nazi period. Luise Rinser's own explanations about her position in the Nazi period have always been viewed with scepsis, but she was given the benefit of the doubt. After her death, her last life companion, José Sánchez de Murillo published a her biography Luise Rinser-Ein Leben in Widersprüchen (Transl. Luise Rinser-A Life of Contradictions in which he says "She lied to all of us."

This means that in all her writings after the war, all diaries and all reflections on the war period, Rinser always lied. This makes it very difficult to read the diaries with serious interest. ( )