(my translation from German):
"Dear parents!
I have been notified that the verdict I have received, has been approved by the Court and that I will be beheaded this evening at 6:30 PM. Dear parents, these are the few lines that I can write to you. I ask you once again not to be sad because I am to die and not to cry because I am now lost.
No, because God our Lord will resurrect us and give us new bodies, in which we can serve Him forever. Liberated from sin on the new Earth, in peace and justice.
In the last three years I have had to suffer much because of my faith. And likewise I will present myself to this same suffering today, in my final hour, with strength and braveness and an upright conscience, in front of my Lord.
I just wish from my heart, that you could also feel the same, so that you will not cry because of me. Because eternal life in God's Kingdom is of much higher value that a life in this present sinful world. So find the Scriptures and ask the Lord, that He through His mercy may protect you from the punishment, which He will present to the whole world. Admit to your sinds and follow His ways, which are higher than all the human laws, and only then can you save your souls from death.
Dear parents, I ask of youthat you also allow ....... to read this letter. I would have liked to write once again, but it was forbidden me. I send from my whole heart greetings to her and to all the brothers and sisters for the last time, and wish you all strength and braveness in the Lord and a happy reunion in the new life. Please forgive me everything, if I should once have sinned against you, and I will also do so, in order that I might die without fault or error. Once again give my deepest greetings to my sister ........, to my brother ........... and to little........ .
I end my final letter. May God's mercy be with you at all times. once again greetings from your PREVIOUS son,
Anton"
"Dear parents!
I have been notified that the verdict I have received, has been approved by the Court and that I will be beheaded this evening at 6:30 PM. Dear parents, these are the few lines that I can write to you. I ask you once again not to be sad because I am to die and not to cry because I am now lost.
No, because God our Lord will resurrect us and give us new bodies, in which we can serve Him forever. Liberated from sin on the new Earth, in peace and justice.
In the last three years I have had to suffer much because of my faith. And likewise I will present myself to this same suffering today, in my final hour, with strength and braveness and an upright conscience, in front of my Lord.
I just wish from my heart, that you could also feel the same, so that you will not cry because of me. Because eternal life in God's Kingdom is of much higher value that a life in this present sinful world. So find the Scriptures and ask the Lord, that He through His mercy may protect you from the punishment, which He will present to the whole world. Admit to your sinds and follow His ways, which are higher than all the human laws, and only then can you save your souls from death.
Dear parents, I ask of youthat you also allow ....... to read this letter. I would have liked to write once again, but it was forbidden me. I send from my whole heart greetings to her and to all the brothers and sisters for the last time, and wish you all strength and braveness in the Lord and a happy reunion in the new life. Please forgive me everything, if I should once have sinned against you, and I will also do so, in order that I might die without fault or error. Once again give my deepest greetings to my sister ........, to my brother ........... and to little........ .
I end my final letter. May God's mercy be with you at all times. once again greetings from your PREVIOUS son,
Anton"