On April 8 1945, Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian and anti-Nazi, was condemned to death in Flossenburg concentration camp by an SS judge, without witnesses, defence or records. He was executed the following dawn. On the day of his sentence he sent a message, via a British prisoner, to George Bell, the Bishop of Chichester.
Bonhoeffer regarded Bell as the greatest friend of the German Christian resistance to Hitler (â??I feel ashamed when I think of all your goodnessâ?). His message was â??Tell him that for me this is the end but also the beginning â?? with him I believe in the principle of our Universal Christian brotherhood... and that our victory is certain.
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