{"id":4337,"date":"2016-04-04T16:04:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T14:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theosnote.com\/?p=4288"},"modified":"2016-04-04T16:04:45","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T14:04:45","slug":"between-resistance-and-submission-bonhoeffer-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billetdetheo.com\/theosnote\/2016\/04\/04\/between-resistance-and-submission-bonhoeffer-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Between resistance and submission, Bonhoeffer in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bonhoeffer<\/strong> in prison at Tegel<\/h2>\n
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Letters and Papers from Prison Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer<\/a><\/p>\n

66 quotes from Letters and Papers from Prison<\/b>: ‘We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of …<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Limited but effective living together.<\/h3>\n

Some privileges but few illusions.<\/h4>\n

When after a few days Bonhoeffer\u2019s family relations were realized, his situation in prison at Tegel is improved. He gets a more spacious cell, more abundant rations he refuses in sympathy with other prisoners, a daily walk with the captain of the prison.
\nBonhoeffer notes the obsequiousness of those who insulted him just before\u00a0: \u00a0I was none the less shameful for the others, it was painful<\/em>.
\nHe evokes, with some humor, the visiting by his uncle Paul 1.
\nHe can receive visits, parcels, books. He write mail, sometimes uncensored. He spends time in the infirmary not only to be looked after, but to help, after the bombing of the end of November 1943 on Borsig.<\/p>\n

The plight of the prisoners<\/h3>\n

Bonhoeffer is allowed to make a report about the disastrous situation in which the prisoners were left:
\nA rocket exploded twenty-five meters from here; the windows popped; the infirmary was deprived of light; except us, who were there, nobody took care of the prisoners who called for help; but we were not very effective in the dark<\/em>.
\nIn this story, I show the need to take sanitary measures during alarms. I hope to get something, because I would be happy to be helpful in any way by going and seeing the competent service<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Friendly discussions<\/h4>\n

He happens to have friendly talks, discussions\u00a0:
\nInmates working in the kitchen or out in the afternoon send to one another the news that I am in the infirmary and they then find some pretext to come upstairs, because they have pleasure to talk with me. This is of course not allowed, but I had the pleasure to learn it.\u00a0<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n

He is sometimes even treated with some consideration:
\nThe officer, who brought me back to my cell, told me while saying goodbye, with an embarrassed smile\u00a0:\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0… Pray therefore, Mr. Pastor, so that we do not have alarm today.<\/em>
\nAnd he knows how to be respected, even by those who do not want to.<\/p>\n

The happiness of a conversation with his friend and future biographer Eberhardt Bethge<\/h4>\n

Some highlights provide him great happiness : a one to one interview with Eberhardt Bethge, beyond the normal time
\nYour visit continues to support me constantly. So many things we have discussed and learned from each other during those ninety minutes\u00a0! I thank you for having managed to obtain this permission<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Fighting for his life and that of others<\/h3>\n

He wages a constantly renewed fight to preserve his life and not to compromise that of others, especially that of his brother-in-law Hans Dohnanyi, also arrested April 5, 1943 and seriously ill.<\/p>\n

Roeder would at first have liked to get my head, now he has to settle for a ridiculous accusation, which will earn him little fame.<\/em>
\n In recent days, I was back in town (for interrogation) once or twice with a very satisfactory result! But as the issue of delay remains unanswered, I basically stop being interested in my case.<\/em><\/p>\n

Between resistance and submission<\/h3>\n

Hence the following position … whose outcome leaves no doubt. Bonhoeffer will never be inclined to side with the cowards\u00a0:
\nI am often concerned to know where is the line between the necessary resistance against the “fate” and submission. Don Quixote is the symbol of stubbornness in the resistance to the absurd, even to madness. Sancho Panza is the representative of those who accommodate deftly and blissfully in a given situation. Faith requires this flexible and lively attitude. This is the only way we can bear and make fruitful every situation that happens to us.<\/em><\/p>\n

On the enemy’s side<\/h3>\n

Thus his living environment demonstrates the one he describes in Living Togethe<\/em>r. Not the loneliness of a cloister, but the very enemy camp.
\nThey allow him neither a chaplain nor a worship in a visible Christian community, but this is how he lives this situation:
\nChristian brotherhood is not a human ideal but a reality given by God; it is spiritual and not psychic … It is a reality created by God to which we are permitted to partake.<\/em><\/p>\n

To be continued<\/p>\n

1 General von Hase, the fortress commander of Berlin. Sentenced to death and executed for his taking part in the conspiracy against Hitler.
\n2 Roeder, advisor at the military tribunal, head of the lawsuit investigation<\/p>\n

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Hans von Dohn\u00e1nyi –\u00a0https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hans_von_Dohn%C3%A1nyi<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Paul von Hase – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/a><\/p>\n

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C. Streng<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Between resistance and submission, Bonhoeffer in prison, fighting for his life and that of others The silence in the face of evil is itself evil. Saying nothing is talking. To do nothing is to act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[23,29,30,31,32,46,89,117,234,267],"class_list":["post-4337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investigating","tag-between-resistance-and-submission","tag-bonhoeffer","tag-bonhoeffer-fighting","tag-bonhoeffer-in-prison","tag-bonhoeffer-in-prison-at-tegel","tag-christian-brotherhood","tag-eberhardt-bethge","tag-hans-dohnanyi","tag-tegel","tag-von-hase","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billetdetheo.com\/theosnote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billetdetheo.com\/theosnote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billetdetheo.com\/theosnote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billetdetheo.com\/theosnote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billetdetheo.com\/theosnote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/billetdetheo.com\/theosnote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billetdetheo.com\/theosnote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billetdetheo.com\/theosnote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billetdetheo.com\/theosnote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billetdetheo.com\/theosnote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}