Dying We Live: The Final Messages and Records of the Resistance

by Helmut Gollwitzer (Editor), Reinhold Schneider (Editor), Kathe Kuhn (Editor)

A Protestant pastor and a Catholic writer have collaborated with an American, Kathe Kuhn, by compiling the last words of those who, unwilling to condone or to obey injustice under the Nazi terror, were facing execution. Their letters and messages were addressed to their nearest and dearest, in a situation which calls forth the ultimate truth in each person. This collection is neither a mere historical or political record, but a deeply human one, and its effect on the reader, contrary to expectations, is strengthening rather than depressing. The chief debt of gratitude is owed to the recipients of the letters--the widows, children, parents, friends, and relatives of the writers. They have allowed us to make public what to them was exclusively their own, a sacred possession. Not since the time of the martyrs of the early Church, so it seemed to editor Helmut Gollwitzer, had there been such a wealth of testimonials of a faith triumphant in death. Kathe Kuhn (ADD German oomlaute over the 'a' if possible)

Genres: Biography, History, Nonfiction, Christian, Historical

308 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1951

About the author

Helmut Gollwitzer (1908-1993) was a Protestant (Lutheran) theologian and author. Known as a close friend of Rudi Dutschke, whose wife studied with Gollwitzer, and a pastor to Ulrike Meinhof, he was prominently involved in the political debates ensuing in the late 1960s and 1970s. Gollwitzer was a pacifist and well-known opponent of nuclear weapons, the US engagement in Vietnam and the arms race, as well as a staunch critic of capitalism.

Reviews

[Sara]

ترجمه‌ی فارسی رو خوندم‌ واقعاً تأثربرانگیز بود. خیلی دچار احساسات شدم.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Collection of last letters written by those who perished in the Holocaust. Strangely uplifting...