Just recently, the autobiography of Susanne Bonhoeffer, the younger sister of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, has been rediscovered. She has bequeathed an excellent and extensive description of her family’s life and reveals new insights about the Bonhoeffer family and the history of her time. Her work will be a substantial contribution to further research. As the editor of this challenging project, I would like to investigate how this text may affect our perception of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s biography and theology. A lot of information about Dietrich Bonhoeffer is offered in the autobiography of his sister Susanne – last but not least about his time in prison, when Susanne was sent by her family to visit him every week and support him as far as possible. Besides, her biographical accounts often contain theological insights – e.g. when Susanne relates how Dietrich supported her on the occasion of her confirmation. Most of this confirms the image which has been established by earlier publications, especially those of Eberhard Bethge. This is not surprising, since Bethge extensively made use of the manuscript of Susanne. However, even if our perception of Dietrich Bonhoeffer is hardly altered by the material of Susanne, it is deepened in many ways. It helps us to understand more fully the personality and character of Dietrich Bonhoeffer – and indirectly, it sometimes also allows to draw conclusions regarding his theology. In this article, I investigate the most relevant passages with reference to Dietrich Bonhoeffer and show what conclusions we can draw from this about his life and faith. The new primary source material of Dietrich’s sister Susanne was made available to the public in October 2018; it is here for the first time presented to an English speaking audience.

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朋霍费尔家族生活的细节：迪特里希·朋霍费尔在他最小的妹妹苏珊的回忆录中的传记和神学的新见解

就在最近，迪特里希·朋霍费尔（Dietrich Bonhoeffer）的妹妹苏珊·朋霍费尔（Susanne Bonhoeffer）的自传被重新发现。她留下了对她家庭生活的出色而广泛的描述，并揭示了对朋霍费尔家族和她那个时代的历史的新见解。她的工作将对进一步的研究做出重大贡献。作为这个具有挑战性的项目的编辑，我想调查这篇文章如何影响我们对迪特里希·邦霍费尔的传记和神学的看法。关于迪特里希·朋霍费尔的许多信息在他姐姐苏珊的自传中提供——最后但并非最不重要的是关于他在监狱里的时间，当时苏珊的家人每周都派她去看望他，并尽可能地支持他。此外，她的传记通常包含神学见解——例如 当苏珊娜讲述迪特里希在她的确认之际如何支持她时。这大部分证实了早期出版物所建立的形象，尤其是 Eberhard Bethge 的那些。这并不奇怪，因为 Bethge 广泛使用了 Susanne 的手稿。然而，即使我们对迪特里希·朋霍费尔的看法几乎没有被苏珊娜的材料改变，它在很多方面都有所加深。它帮助我们更全面地了解迪特里希·朋霍费尔的个性和性格——间接地，它有时也允许我们得出关于他的神学的结论。在这篇文章中，我调查了与迪特里希·朋霍费尔（Dietrich Bonhoeffer）相关的最相关的段落，并展示了我们可以从中得出关于他的生平和信仰的结论。迪特里希 (Dietrich) 姐姐苏珊 (Susanne) 的新主要原始资料于 2018 年 10 月向公众公开；这是第一次出现在讲英语的观众面前。