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movement and the free world,
especially Britain and the World
Alliance of Churches.
BonhocfTer Joined in the
assassination plot, but first
severed hb tics with the Con
fessing Church he helped estab
lish and other ecumenical
groups. He had forsaken the
pacifist views of his fellow Ger
man theologians, and hb activi
ties would mean the end of hb
career as a minister.
Before the well-organized plot
could be attempted, Bonhoeffer
was jailed in 1943 by the Ges
tapo on trumped-up draft eva
sion charges. While in prison,
the plot scheme was uncovered.
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were others In the Intelligence
Service to reveal the scope of
the plot and the names of other
collaborators.
Bonhoeffer was moved to
Buchenwald in early 1045. Pri
soners began hearing Allied
guns on April 1, arousing hope
and fear as the days passed.
On April 3, a truck pulled up
to Buchenwald and 16 prisoners
wre forced to bo?srd includ
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To Frdditelia Ziraxnenman:
Q: Describe what rclileus
Ilia vi3 112:3 dsrir.3 Hitler's
Ecidi. How did fcia rule affect
the chsrch life cf Genasss?
A: Ministers tried to follow
the ideology cf Hitler into the
parish. That was Hitler's idea
and goal Ministers and bishops
in the churches were proud if
they were able to lead a group
of up to 800 young people from
the parish into the Hitler Youth.
Parishes tried to follow Hitler
in youth work, women's work
or any kind of work. It is uni
maginable today, ja (yes)? It
was the influence of Hitler to
try to change every bit of daily
life.
Everyone always talks about
the Holocaust and how horri
ble that was, but it was only
the last step.
Nobody wants to talk about
it, but compare that feeling to
the way things are working
today in the United States.
Q:' How did Hitler's reign
affect the traditional denom
inational divisions In Geroan
eociety? How, in torn, did that
chants the rols cf rainibters
in the country?
A: Some Lutheran churches
were not conquered by the
Nazis. In Germany, about one
quarter of the churches were
Nazi Christian. Another one
quarter were Confessing
Churches and the other 50
percent were neutral. The
neutral churches stood in be
tween trying to find out how
they could survive.
Q: How were they able to
rcrssin neutral?
A: That was the great com
promise of the times. It was
difficult to give up your res
ponsibility because it came
from God. To give up the res
ponsibility of teaching the Gos
pel would have meant to lose
God. So many ministers stayed
with their calling, even if they
were on the srong side, espe
cially the older ones.
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ing Bonhoeffer. Their destina
tion: an extermination camp in
the Bavarian forest.
Mentha passed with no
news of Bonhoeffer's death.
Then on July 27, his family way
listening to radio reports from
London when they heard:
"We are gathered here in the
presence of God to make thank
ful remembrance of the life and
work of Ills servant Dietrich
Nazis took over and he was in
charge of 600,000 persons. He
said he wasn't going to give up
his responsibility and leave all
those people. He and a lot of
other older people used their
power inside their own con
gregations against the Nazis.
It was much easier for me to
revolt. I was young and didnt
have a large congregation to
tend to. The Confessing Church
as a whole was very young.
Q: Exactly when and t here .
did yaa tasst Casfeccf&r?
A: It was at the University of
Berlin in the summer of 1932.
He was lecturing about the
essence of the church. Bon
hoeffer would meet in his stu
dents' rooms with 16 people
sitting on bed3 and talking
about theology from 8 p.m. to
10.30 p.m. Then we would go
to a restaurant and have beer
and discuss what we could do
politically. He never came to
any conclusions during these
talks, but we learned how to
handle things.
Q: Wers yoa aware f Bon
bccfTer's beliefs before you
laet bin? Did yan fcaow cf any
cf Donls&efJer's teachings?
A: Nobody knew him. He was
virtually unknown. He started
when he was 23 years old.
People didnt know of him be
cause he was happy not to
have responsibility to make
decisions in the Confessing
Church's struggle. He felt it
was his task to help, to ask, to
give advice. But he was not
involved in making decisions
in the church.
When I was preparing my book
in the 1950's, I asked more
than 150 people what their
personal memories of Bonhoef
fer were. They would ask, "Who
is Bonhoeffer?"
Q: VTLat significance did
year werk with Bonhoeffer
Lave ca yosr life? Why did
you decide to write your book
onitiat?
A: I learned how to bring
real life and theology together,
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Bonhoeffer, who gave his life In
Faith and obedience to His holy
word."
"One time, Bonhoeffer and a
Roman Catholic priest were dis
cussing what they would like to
accomplish In their lives," Zim
mermann recalled. The Roman
Catholic priest said, 'I would like
to become a saint.' Bonhoeffer
answered, 'No, I would like to
learn to believe "
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somehow.
.Q: Has ycur life cLred
course in any way becam e cf
EaiiaoeSr?
A: I started as a very nation
alistic man believing in military
strength. Then I met Bonhoef
fer and asked him how he
could be a pacifist. I remem
bered Germany fighting for a
better situation because we
were repressed by the "bad"
people who made up the Treaty
of Versailles. I believed they
were trying to destroy our
nation.
There is an old saying by
Peter Ustinov, "doubts unite,
convictions &eparate."That was
the strength of the Confessing
Church. Because of Bonhoeffer,
we all began to doubt our pre
viously strong beliefs;.
Qi What sidLHetr.ce does
Bonhceffer's etrag!e for his
church and country have for
Germans today? llow do Mb
life and struggle speak to
them?
A: I am afraid that his bio
graphy has become more im
portant than his own writings.
His own teachings and writ
ings have been used and mis
used for special reasons by
special interest groups.
His doctrine of resistance
against the misuse cf power
has been polluted by these
groups. He has been influen
tial, but not in the way he
wanted to be, or in the way
that he should be.
It's too late to change the
special use of his writings by
special groups.
Q: llow does current. East
Gerrasn political regime today
compare to Hitler's Eekh (es
pecially on reMsics life)?
A: Hitler offered the people
a feeling cf salvation, he temp
ted them. The DDR (East Ger
many) offers no salvation. They
give the people no temptation.
Both misused their power, but
it was much easier for Hitler
because of his temptations.
IRS state tour focuses
on 1984 tax changes
Eight two-day 1034 Federal and
State Income Tax institutes for
tax preparers are scheduled
throughout Nebraska in Lite Nov
ember and early December. The
institutes are designed for tax
specialists who prepare income
tax returns for clients and for
people who prepare their own
tax returns.
The institutes will be in Lincoln
and Osailala today, Omaha and
Kearney, Thursday and Friday,
Norfolk, Dec. 3 and 4; Lincoln
Dec. 4 and 5; Grand Island, Dec. 6
and 7; and Omaha, Dec. 10 and
11.
"Several hundred changes were
made in the Internal Revenue
Service tax codes by the last ses
sion of Congress, said Bill Bow
master, coordinator with the UNL
department of conferences and
institutes.
Instruction will be provided by
representatives of the Internal
Revenue Service and Peat, Mar
wick, Mitchell and Company. For
more information contact the
department of conferences and
institutes, Nebraska Center 205,
UNL, Lincoln, Neb. C2S33-G029.