SPÄTER BESUCH

In the organizer's words:

Scenic reading of the play "Late Visit - Dietrich Bonhoeffer Redivivus" on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's death with Bernhard Setzwein and Stefan Voit

April 9 marks the 80th anniversary of the violent death of the theologian and resistance fighter Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

The play develops through Bonhoeffer's dialog with Josef Müller, known as the "Ochsensepp". In the chaos of the last days of the war, things went haywire and eventually both ended up in the prison wing of the Flossenbürg concentration camp. A fatal mix-up occurred there and Josef Müller was almost mistaken for Dietrich Bonhoeffer and executed. For a moment, their fates were closely intertwined. All of this has to be revisited in a ghostly encounter: the dead Dietrich Bonhoeffer appears - as a late visit - to his friend and fellow fateful man in his apartment. An intense verbal duel begins, which once again evokes the events.

The protagonists are embodied by the author of the play, Bernhard Setzwein, who lives in the Au district. He is known for his numerous published books (most recently "Kafka's Journey through the Humpbacked World") and plays, as well as his 40 years of work for BR radio. He is also supported by Stefan Voit, who was head of the features section of a northern Bavarian daily newspaper for many years. He also works as a volunteer tour guide at the Flossenbürg concentration camp memorial site.

A project by kairosis in cooperation with the Giesinger Kulturbahnhof.
Duration approx. 60 minutes (without follow-up discussion)