Bonhoeffer at Tegel

What was life like for Dietrich Bonhoeffer once he “settled” in? According to Eberhard Bethge, in his work, Costly Grace…

When the interrogation period was over, Bonhoeffer’s cell at Tegel became a study. He had books, paper for writing, cigarettes, coffee and food, all provided by his fiancee and his family. Then too the guard too enjoyed their share of the delicacies. Initially only censored, officially permitted letters were brought out from the prison every ten days, but later there were also smuggled letters, which were collected after the war to form a volume with the title Widerstand und Ergebung (Letters and Papers from Prison).