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Synopsis

Reminiscences of his friends. edited by wolf-dietrich bonhoeffer and ronald gregor smith. translated from the german by kathe gregor smith.

Item Description

8vo. 8 x 5.5 pp. 238 pp. Bound in original blue cloth, gilt, in unclipped pictorial dust wrapper, with edge wear and a little rear wrapper discolouring and chips at head and tail of spine, which is sunned; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 5 pages of black and white photographic plates, including portrait frontispiece. Reminiscences of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-45), The German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident. First arrested in 1943 and held in Tegel Prison, he was later accused of associating with the 20 July plotters and in April 1945 was executed in Flossenburg Concentration Camp. A list of the contributors with biographies is given at the end of the volume. The book was translated and adapted from the German edition of 1964.