LETTERS AND PAPERS FROM PRISON

This new greatly expanded version of Letters and Papers From Prison while omitting nothing found in the earlier edition shifts the emphasis of earlier editions on Dietrich Bonhoeffers theological reflections to the private sphere of his life. Bonhoeffers 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." References to Bonhoeffers fiancee and their plans for marriage omitted in earlier editions are now included as is her recent article containing excerpts from his personal letters. Letters from Bonhoeffers parents brothers sisters and other relatives have been added. The book also contains hitherto inaccessible letters and legal papers referring to Bonhoeffers trial a reminiscence by Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer of the time spent in prison by members of his family and a new introduction by Dietrich Bonhoeffers close friend Eberhard Bethge. These and other pieces--when combined with the historical and theological passages--give aspects of Bonhoeffers experience a new setting in the context of the war years.