Helmuth Hübener writes final letter to Marie Sommerfeld expressing his faith in the gospel.
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- Manuscript
- Hearsay
- DirectTranslation
- Reference
Helmuth Hübener, Letter to Marie Sommerfeld, October 27, 1942, rep. When Truth Was Treason: German Youth Against Hitler: The Story of the Helmuth Hübener Group, ed. and trans. Blair R. Holmes and Alan F. Keele (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1995), 240
- Scribe/Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Audience
- Marie Sommerfeld
- Transcription
Dear Sister Sommerfeld and Family,
When you receive this letter I will be dead. But before my execution I have been granted one wish, to write three letters to my loved ones.
I want to thank you for the letter you sent to me, dear Sister Sommerfeld, which they withheld from me. I also want to thank you for the many happy hours I was able to spend in the circle of your family. Please remember me kindly. I am very thankful to my Heavenly Father that this agonizing life is coming to an end this evening. I could not stand it any longer anyway! My Father in Heaven knows that I have done nothing wrong. I am only sorry that in my last hour I have to break the Word of Wisdom. I know that God lives and He will be the proper judge of this matter.
Until our happy reunion in that better world I remain,
Your friend and brother in the Gospel,
Helmuth
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