Evangelischer Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer schrieb sein berühmtestes Gedicht im Gefängnis
Bonn · Dietrich Bonhoeffers Gedicht gibt vielen Menschen auch heute noch Halt: an Wendepunkten des Lebens, in Krisen und im Novemberblues. Geschrieben hat der evangelische Pastor diese letzten Zeilen als Gefangener in einem Kellergefängnis in Berlin – nur Monate vor seiner Hinrichtung.

Theologe und Widerstandskämpfer: Für Dietrich Bonhoeffer kam das Kriegsende einen Monat zu spät. Er wurde 29 Tage vor der Kapitulation des Deutschen Reiches, am 9. April 1945, im Konzentrationslager Flossenbürg von den Nationalsozialisten hingerichtet
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