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Conversion41Leaving a note for his mother, he walked out of the city that same night.From then on, he wandered through Russia, aiding the downtrodden whereverhe went. He rebuilt the houses of widows, exhorted high-living clergy,and stood up in a packed opera house to demand that the diamond-wearingpatrons take responsibility for the slums at their doorstep. He told everyonehe met about Jesus. Rachoff was loved by the poor, but hated and feared bythe powerful. After numerous arrests and banishments—from Kiev, Odessa,and elsewhere—he was imprisoned in solitary confinement. Starving andwracked by fevers, he grew emaciated and eventually lost his mind. In theend his guards took pity on him and let him out into a small enclosed garden.Rachoff spent the last days of his life sitting there, his eyes closed, a smileplaying on his face, his stooped shoulders warmed by the sun. On occasion hecircled or swayed with slow steps. “I am dancing,” he explained, “for I shallsoon see God.” Then one evening, in the middle of such a dance, he was seento stop suddenly. Opening his eyes wide, he cried loudly, “Jesus!” and slumpedforward in death.Heiner began to weep as his father finished speaking. In a daze, he left thetable and stumbled to his room. He threw himself on his bed. Why did thisgood man have to suffer and die a broken man? Why did Jesus have to die?It was then that Heiner felt something he had never felt before: Jesus himselfwas in the room, addressing and summoning him. The power of his presencemade Heiner tremble all over. Suddenly, the boy was possessed by a greatlove. He had an inkling of how God’s heart must have melted as he watchedthe life of his son on earth—comforting children, healing the sick, pardoningsinners, and driving the money-changers from the temple; preaching to hisfollowers, and finally dying in agony as a criminal on a cross.In that moment Heiner received his life’s task. He sensed it would meansuffering, just as Rachoff had had to suffer. Going out among humankind onJesus’ behalf meant going out among wolves.Heiner could hardly wait for his father to come and say goodnight. Butwhen at last Eberhard entered the room, Heiner was only able to mumble aHomage to a Broken Man
Conversion42few words through his tears. His father could not have understood, for he onlyrumpled Heiner’s hair, murmured a kind word, and left again.For a long time, Heiner lay staring at the ceiling. Although only eleven, heknew that what he had tasted was absolutely real. He imagined that his lifemight be something like Rachoff’s. He would wander from village to village,calling nothing his own, and spreading the Gospel to the poor.Homage to a Broken Man
Page 2 and 3: Homage to aBroken ManThe Life of J.
Page 4 and 5: Without your wounds where would you
Page 6 and 7: Contents1. Opa ....................
Page 8 and 9: 1. OpaThe morning my grandfather di
Page 10 and 11: Opa 3And so I backtracked to my gre
Page 12 and 13: Opa 5office, having an informal tut
Page 14 and 15: Opa 7still more sorry. If you canno
Page 16 and 17: 2. Revolution Berlin, January 1919A
Page 18: Revolution11hand, it was fun to eav
Page 21 and 22: Revolution14People in the Youth Mov
Page 23 and 24: Revolution16One weekend the family
Page 25 and 26: Revolution18work among the urban po
Page 27 and 28: Sannerz 20and milk. “Eat as much
Page 29 and 30: Sannerz 22were a matter of course.
Page 31 and 32: Sannerz 24to go to revival meetings
Page 33 and 34: Sannerz 26They laughed, too, when o
Page 35 and 36: Sannerz 28“What can I do for Tata
Page 37 and 38: Sannerz 30his camera in the street
Page 39 and 40: 4. A Blow It was the summer of 1922
Page 41 and 42: A Blow 34Furious, his critics calle
Page 43 and 44: A Blow 36But despite Eberhard and E
Page 45 and 46: 5. Conversion After Heiner turned e
Page 47: Conversion40ning at dinner Oswald s
Page 51 and 52: The Sun Troop44stick to topics that
Page 53 and 54: The Sun Troop46sleep because of a b
Page 55 and 56: The Sun Troop48ed them that the woo
Page 57 and 58: The Sun Troop50ally wants us to do.
Page 59 and 60: 7. Lotte Lotte met Eberhard in 1923
Page 61 and 62: Lotte 54Lotte slept in the room rig
Page 63 and 64: 8. Father and Son No one who aims t
Page 65 and 66: Father and Son58told Hardy to leave
Page 67 and 68: Father and Son60moved forward on th
Page 69 and 70: Father and Son62October inched by,
Page 71 and 72: Father and Son64him with enthusiasm
Page 73 and 74: Adolescence66he made his request to
Page 75 and 76: Adolescence68the house of an old fa
Page 77 and 78: Adolescence70Emmy and Hans went abo
Page 79 and 80: Adolescence72A few days after Eberh
Page 81 and 82: Tata 74“So what did you do?” He
Page 83 and 84: Tata 76drum. Her hair was damp with
Page 85 and 86: 11. An ArrivalThe runners rasped as
Page 87 and 88: An Arrival 80yard, beaming. It was
Page 89 and 90: An Arrival 82While the young women
Page 91 and 92: An Arrival 84Heiner was still more
Page 93 and 94: 12. Nazis As night fell on the day
Page 95 and 96: Nazis 88Heiner understood his fathe
Page 97 and 98: Nazis 90Eberhard felt that the comm
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Nazis 92After lunch he took her asi
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Nazis 94found worthy to be cast int
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Nazis 96ons, the secret police had
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Nazis 98Heiner was cautious after w
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Silum 100They had regrouped at Silu
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Silum 102Not everyone felt this way
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Silum 104from it and get down to bu
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Silum 106light? Has any of this eve
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Annemarie 108Heiner’s entry into
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Annemarie 110were admired. The room
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15. The Farewell Heiner skipped aft
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The Farewell 114At the end of the m
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The Farewell 116In a series of meet
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The Farewell 118looked over his aud
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16. Four O’clock Zurich, November
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Four O'clock 122On receiving the do
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17. The Last LetterHeiner’s fathe
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The Last Letter 126Beaten down by a
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The Last Letter 128and even had him
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18. Refugee WeddingHeiner was behin
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Refugee Wedding132German consulate
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Refugee Wedding134Heiner looked at
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Emmy Maria 136requested the install
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Emmy Maria 138now I have the feelin
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Emmy Maria 140the officers who ran
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Emmy Maria 142Emmy and Moni dropped
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20. HeliopherIn December, when Hein
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Heliopher 146At this point in the s
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Heliopher 148As they entered the co
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Primavera 150Roswith—one-year-old
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Primavera 152Australia, and South A
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Primavera 154called out to it, Hein
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Primavera 156magnetic mines. He loo
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Primavera 158Heiner stared at him,
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Primavera 160with hewn tree trunks
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22. RepentanceAthird baby died at t
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Repentance 164Many who had come to
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Repentance 166The hut was simple: o
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Repentance 168tervening years he ha
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23. NightmaresHeiner noticed that h
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Nightmares 172The bright hopes of e
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Nightmares 174He opened the meeting
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Nightmares 176Most members of Prima
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Nightmares 178Hans and Georg stoppe
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24. Among ChildrenWork crews were r
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Among Children182gained a reputatio
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Among Children184Tata. And Heiner l
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25. Banished Primavera, Paraguay, O
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Banished 188“I can’t help going
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Banished 190“We challenge those c
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26. SapucayThe minute Heiner steppe
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Sapucay 194could not and would not
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Sapucay 196No wonder despair lurked
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Sapucay 198In February 1945, Hans a
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Sapucay 200him home? Could it reall
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Sapucay 202children he saw through
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Fatherhood 204In a similar vein, Ha
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Fatherhood 206of the horses collaps
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Fatherhood 208tentions, but told hi
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Fatherhood 210they did. But that di
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Marianne 212“I began to feel disc
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Marianne 214Ruth—and the craziest
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Marianne 216her. Her legs, too, wer
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Marianne 218as she took in the sigh
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On the Road 220Heiner turned from t
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On the Road 222Clarence had brought
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On the Road 224hour traffic, and co
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On the Road 226the four of them tal
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On the Road 228Pendle Hill turned o
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On the Road 230Mother Rhoads listen
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30. ChangesFlorrie Potts was kindhe
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Changes 234anything to do with him
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Changes 236way of knowing they had
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Changes 238It was around this time
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Changes 240on day after day for alm
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31. Woodcrest It was a snowy Februa
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Woodcrest 244dren be allowed to sta
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Woodcrest 246apprehensive. Admirers
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Woodcrest 248particular, Seelsorge,
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Woodcrest 250Yet she had been disar
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Woodcrest 252humor. “Five minutes
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Woodcrest 254But he was also very d
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Woodcrest 256answers! How could Dou
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Woodcrest 258As for Sibyl, she reca
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32. The Crucible The same year that
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The Crucible 262in Silum, after his
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The Crucible 264swung shut as he ap
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The Crucible 266so many years. But
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The Crucible 268“Our movement has
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The Crucible 270“The greatest fig
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The Crucible 272Public confessions
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The Crucible 274been done. Had he b
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The Crucible 276ferent turn. It is
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The Crucible 278Heiner could do not
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33. Liberation Ever since Eberhard
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Liberation 282estranged from it. In
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Liberation 284longstanding ties to
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Liberation 286Germany rearing their
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Liberation 288in the summer after h
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Liberation 290if there was somethin
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Liberation 292Unlike Georg, Hans ne
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Liberation 294He saw right through
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Liberation 296of it was also her ow
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To the Finish 298Heiner found her l
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To the Finish 300was always the hea
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To the Finish 302steady work and de
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To the Finish 304still relied on hi
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To the Finish 306Then, remembering
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To the Finish 308any of Heiner’s
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To the Finish 310that moment. “Ta
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To the Finish 312than once. “I wa
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To the Finish 314“When it was tim
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Epilogue 316The world seemed to hav
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Sources 318Hans Zumpe’s daughter
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Acknowledgements320It would be diff
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