Niemöller was in jail for eight months, but on the day of his release the Gestapo promptly rearrested him. They were known for this unpleasant tactic. Hitler could not abide the freedom of someone so outspokenly against him, so he honored Pastor Niemöller with the distinction of being a “personal prisoner” of the Führer for the next seven years, which Niemöller spent in Dachau. He was freed by the Allies in 1945.
