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University of Bonn.
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Helmut Gollwitzer
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Career
He took over as the pastor of the congregation at Berlin-Dahlem after the arrest of Martin Niemöller. During World World War II, Gollwitzer served as a medic at the Eastern Front, and was a Prisoner of War in the Soviet Union from 1945-1949. He wrote a book about his experience of being a Prisoner Of War which became a bestseller in Germany in 1950 (Unwilling Journey: A Diary from Russia).
The then President of West Germany, Theodor Heuss, called it "a great historical document".
Gollwitzer died in Berlin on 17 October 1993.
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He had been Karl Barth"s first choice as his successor in Basel, but the University authorities turned him down due to what they called "his unclear attitude to the Soviet Union". Gollwitzer was a pacifist and well-known opponent of nuclear weapons, the United States engagement in Vietnam and the arms race, as well as a staunch critic of capitalism.
Membership
During the period of the Nazi regime in Germany, Gollwitzer was a well-known member of the Confessing Church movement, which resisted the regime"s attempt to control the churches.
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Religion
Christian Protestant