Letters and papers from prison

This new, greatly expanded version, while omitting nothing found in the earlier edition, shifts the emphasis of earlier editions on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theological reflections to the private sphere of his life. His letters now appear in far greater detail, and show his daily concerns and the enormous warmth and humanity of the young German pastor who was executed by the Nazis in 1945 for his part in the "officers' plot".

Includes index.

Translation of: Widerstand und Ergebung.

Time of interrogation. April to July 1943. Letters from 11 April to 30 July 1943 ; Notes, May 1943 ; A wedding sermon from a prison cell, May 1943 ; Outlines of letters. To the judge advocate, Dr Roeder, during the interrogations -- Waiting for the trial. August 1943 to April 1944. Letters from 3 August 1943 to 10 April 1944 ; Testament of 20 September 1943 ; Testament of 23 November 1943 ; Prayers for fellow-prisoners, Christmas 1943 ; Report on experiences during alerts ; Report on prison life after one year in Tegel ; Lance-corporal Berg. A narrative -- Holding out until the overthrow. April to July 1944. Letters from 11 April to 18 July 1944 ; Thoughts on the day of the baptism of Dietrich Wilhelm Rüdiger Bethge, May 1944 ; The past. A poem ; Notes : June 1944 ; Sorrow and joy. A poem ; Notes : July 1944 ; Who am I? A poem ; Christians and pagans. A poem ; Night voices in Tegel. A poem -- After the failure. July 1944 to February 1945. Letters from 21 July 1944 to 28 February 1945 ; Stations on the road to freedom. A poem ; Miscellaneous thoughts ; Notes : July/August 1944 ; Outline for a book ; The friend. A poem ; Jonah. A poem ; Powers of good. A poem -- Epilogue. Memories o…