April 9, 1945, Flossenbürg concentration camp. As the hours of the night pass, young Protestant theologian Dietrich goes through a range of conflicting feelings: longing for his fiancée and the affection of his loved ones, frustration at no longer being able to act on behalf of needy Others, crushing fear, but also the certainty that he has always acted according to conscience against the Nazi regime and of the good reasons for active opposition, to the ultimate surrender to God. At dawn, he will be executed for participating in Operation Walchiria against Hitler.
Bonhoeffer’s thoughts in the diaries and letters written during his two years of imprisonment are taken up and reworked with personal sensitivity by the author. What emerges is a well-rounded figure interpreted with freshness and participation.