Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 10

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Barcelona, Berlin, New York

1928–1931

Translated from the German Edition

Edited by

Reinhart Staats and Hans Christoph von Hase

in cooperation with

Holger Roggelin and Matthias Wünsche

English Edition

Edited by

Clifford J. Green

Translated by

Douglas W. Stott

Fortress Press Minneapolis

DIETRICH BONHOEFFER WORKS, Volume 10

Originally published in German as Dietrich Bonhoeffer Werke, edited by Eberhard Bethge et al., by Chr. Kaiser/Gütersloher Verlagshaus in 1992: Band 10, Barcelona, Berlin, Amerika: 1928–1931, edited by Reinhart Staats and Hans Christoph von Hase with the assistance of Holger Roggelin and Matthias Wünsche; 2nd edition, 2005. First English-language edition of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 10, published by Fortress Press in 2008.

Copyright: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 10: copyright © 2008 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission of the copyright holder. For more information, visit www.augsburgfortress.org/copyrights or write to Permission, Augsburg Fortress, PO Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440.

The publication of this work was subsidized in part by a grant from the Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes, Munich.

Jacket design: Cheryl Watson

Cover photo: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, UTS Class Photo, 1931, UTS Records, Series 18, The Burke Library Archives at Union Theological Seminary, New York. Copyright © The Burke Library Archives at Union Theological Seminary, New York. Used by permission.

Photo editing: GJ Schultz, Studio LightPlay, 2007

Internal design: The HK Scriptorium, Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906–1945.

[Barcelona, Berlin, Amerika, 1928–1931. English]

Barcelona, Berlin, New York, 1928–1931 / Dietrich Bonhoeffer; translated from the German edition edited by Reinhart Staats and Hans Christoph von Hase in cooperation with Holger Roggelin and Matthias Wünsche; English edition edited by Clifford J. Green; translated by Douglas W. Stott.

p. cm.—(Dietrich Bonhoeffer works; v. 10)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-8006-8330-6 (alk. paper)

1. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906–1945—Correspondence. 2. Theologians—Germany—Correspondence. 3. Theology. 4. Lutheran Church—Sermons. 5. Sermons, German—Translations into English. I. Green, Clifford J. II. Title.

BX4827.B57A4 2008

230′.044092—dc22

[B]

2007049780

Contents

General Editor’s Foreword to Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works

Abbreviations

Editor’s Introduction to the English Edition

Clifford J. Green

Barcelona, Berlin, New York: 1928–1931

Part 1

Letters, Diaries, Documents

A. Assignment as Vicar in Barcelona. February 1928–February 1929

1. From Fritz Olbricht, Barcelona, January 2, 1928

2. From Fritz Olbricht, Barcelona, January 19, 1928

3. To Max Diestel, Berlin, January 20, 1928

4. Order from the Evangelical High Church Council ...