Pandemic Christmas
“When Christmas must be celebrated in captivity it is naturally a rather dismal affair.” So began Martin Niemöller’s 1944 Christmas Eve sermon in Dachau, cell 34. His congregation of six included a Dutch cabinet member, two Norwegian shippers, a British major, a Yugoslavian diplomat and a Macedonian journalist. Dismal perhaps, but for Niemöller, it was also a sign of tremendous hope....