Dietrich Bonhoeffer―The Last Eight Days: The Untold Story of the Journey to Flossenbürg

by John McCabe

502 pages, Hardcover

Published November 1, 2024

Reviews

[Corey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Likely the most well researched book on Bonhoeffer to come out since the DBWE. Unreal.

[Jon Coutts · Rating 5 out of 5]

With impeccable research, McCabe cuts through the sentimentality and rebuilds a more modest but reliable - and even more saddening - account of Bonhoeffer's last days. For all its modesty the end is probably more abrupt than it needed to be, and I wish the book's maps and diagrams were a little clearer, but it's an incredible resource all the same. On a wider view, the book also gives a fascinating glimpse into the closing months of the war and the transition into what came next. I'm not sure I ever understood that period as well as I do now. This is an instant pillar in any Bonhoeffer bibliography, and will also be of interest to WWII historians generally.

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best Bonhoeffer/WW2 history books I've read. Very thoughtful and well researched, it fills many gaps that have been wide open in Bonhoeffer scholarship during this later part of Bonhoeffer's life.

[Laura Fabrycky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Breath-taking, groundbreaking, granular research on a segment of a life that has long been painted and pantomimed by others (including me!). Those who care about hagiography in theology, as I do and as I think we *should*, have much to savor and cheer on this project and its approach.