My Dearest Dietrich

A Novel of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Lost Love

Amanda Barratt

• Publisher: Kregel Publications
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN: 9780825475795
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Historical Fiction
• Index: Literature

A staggering love illuminating the dark corners of a Nazi prison
Renowned German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer is famous for his resistance to the Nazi regime and for his allegiance to God over government. But what few realize is that the last years of his life also held a love story that rivals any romance novel.
Maria von Wedemeyer knows the realities of war. Her beloved father and brother have both been killed on the battlefield. The last thing this spirited young woman needs is to fall for a man under constant surveillance by the Gestapo. How can she give another piece of her heart to a man so likely to share the same final fate? Yet when Dietrich Bonhoeffer, an old family friend, comes to comfort the von Wedemeyers after their losses, she discovers that love isn't always logical.
Dietrich himself has determined to keep his distance from romantic attachments. There is too much work to be done for God, and his involvement in the conspiracy is far too important. But when he encounters a woman whose intelligence and conviction match his own, he's unprepared for how easy it is to give away his heart.
With their deep love comes risk--and neither Dietrich nor Maria is prepared for just how great that risk soon becomes.
Based on detailed historical research, this true love story is at once beautiful and heartrending. My Dearest Dietrich sheds new light on a world-famous theologian... and the woman who changed his life.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Acknowledgments
• Character List
• Prologue
• Chapter One: May 31, 1942 Sigtuna, Sweden
• Chapter Two: June 8, 1942 Klein-Krössin Manor Pomerania, Prussia
• Chapter Three: July 9, 1942 Rome
• Chapter Four: July 20, 1942 Pomerania
• Chapter Five: August 22, 1942 Pomerania
• Chapter Six: August 23, 1942 Berlin
• Chapter Seven: August 24, 1942 Pätzig Manor, Pomerania
• Chapter Eight: October 2, 1942 Berlin
• Chapter Nine: October 13, 1942 Franciscan Hospital, Berlin
• Chapter Ten: October 14, 1942 Berlin
• Chapter Eleven: October 15, 1942 Berlin
• Chapter Twelve: October 26, 1942 Berlin
• Chapter Thirteen: November 6, 1942 Pätzig, Pomerania
• Chapter Fourteen: November 11, 1942 Berlin
• Chapter Fifteen: November 12, 1942 Berlin
• Chapter Sixteen: November 19, 1942 Berlin
• Chapter Seventeen: November 27, 1942 Pomerania
• Chapter Eighteen: December 20, 1942 Berlin
• Chapter Nineteen: January 13, 1943 Pätzig
• Chapter Twenty: February 16, 1943 Pätzig
• Chapter Twenty-One: March 19, 1943 Berlin
• Chapter Twenty-Two: March 21, 1943 Berlin
• Chapter Twenty-Three: March 31, 1943 Berlin
• Chapter Twenty-Four: April 5, 1943 Hanover
• Chapter Twenty-Five: April 6, 1943 Tegel Prison
• Chapter Twenty-Six: April 18, 1943 Tegel Prison
• Chapter Twenty-Seven: May 23, 1943 Berlin
• Chapter Twenty-Eight: June 20, 1943 Berlin
• Chapter Twenty-Nine: July 6, 1943 Tegel Prison
• Chapter Thirty: December 22, 1943 Tegel Prison
• Chapter Thirty-One: January 23, 1944 Berlin
• Chapter Thirty-Two: June 30, 1944 Tegel Prison
• Chapter Thirty-Three: July 6, 1944 Tegel Prison
• Chapter Thirty-Four: August 9, 1944 Berlin
• Chapter Thirty-Five: September 23, 1944 Berlin
• Chapter Thirty-Six: October 1, 1944 Tegel Prison
• Chapter Thirty-Seven: October 6, 1944 Tegel Prison
• Epilogue
• Author’s Note
• Notes