think we can see that that is certainly not true by listening once more to the testimony of Joachim Kanitz. He recalls a conversation he had with Bonhoeffer in August 1942, while he was on leave from the military. He was wearing his officer’s uniform and felt shame wearing it in Bonhoeffer’s presence. He remarks on Bonhoeffer’s great sensitivity as they spoke, noting that Bonhoeffer said nothing to him to make him feel ashamed. But Kanitz also states his resolve related to what his teacher had taught him. “The reason I tell about this,” says Kanitz, “is that through the pacifism that
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