you mentioned eberhart, bonhoeffer's dearest friend. bonhoeffer met eberhart in summer of 1934 when bonhoeffer was about to launch a seminary, a kind of underground, to be a little dramatic, seminary, that was wanting to create a generation of non nazi, anti nazi past years. it was initially on the baltic sea in a beautiful seaport town, within a few months had moved to another part of the baltic sea board. he met this young son of a country parson, and there was a deep friendship formed. within a matter of months, bonhoeffer asked him to become his confessor and assistant, in the course of initially professor, a teacher, complicated confessor, confessor confess the relationship. the two forged a six or seven year partnership that was a kind of at least from my estimation of bonhoeffer's hopes are kind of spiritual marriage. it is a complicated kind of spiritual marriage. it is a complicated relationship because we had two facts that have to be considered and i think this relationship between bonhoeffer and eberhart is one of the most b