Moltmann and his fellow prisoners were tormented by "memories and gnawing thoughts"—Moltmann claimed to have lost all hope and confidence in German culture because of Auschwitz and Buchenwald (concentration camps where Jews and others the Nazis opposed had been imprisoned and killed).
Moltmann dan rekan-rekan setahanan merasa tersiksa oleh "kenangan dan pikiran-pikiran yang mengkhawatirkan"—Moltmann mengaku telah kehilangan semua pengharapan dan kepercayaan terhadap budaya Jerman karena Auschwitz dan Buchenwald (kamp-kamp konsentrasi tempat orang Yahudi dan yang lain-lainnya yang ditentang Nazi ditahan dan dibunuh).