A very good read, offering a perspective of WWII uncommon in most history books.
There is no doubt that Bishop von Galen passionately loved and protected his Münster flock with courageous writing and preaching from the pulpit. He was a staunch defender of the innate dignity and right to life of every human being. He also loved his Fatherland and despised Nazism.
With the benefit of hindsight, however, he seemed to me to be somewhat of an enigma, more reticent than he should have been in some circumstances, and perhaps overly defensive of civil authority. I do believe he was a sincere and heroic pastor who did much for the Catholics and all good people of Germany.