Whoever has never suffered does not know how to comfort.

— Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961), Diplomat

Topics: Grief & Comfort, Service & Love of Neighbour

Occasions: Comfort

Dag Hammarskjöld

Der schwedische Diplomat und Ökonom Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961) wirkte von 1953 bis zu seinem Tod bei einem Flugzeugabsturz als zweiter Generalsekretär der Vereinten Nationen in New York und internationalen Krisengebieten. Er steht für die Etablierung moderner UN-Friedensmissionen sowie für sein postum veröffentlichtes geistliches Tagebuch „Zeichen am Weg“, das von lutherischer Frömmigkeit und christlicher Mystik geprägt ist. Bibellesern dient er als Beispiel für eine Verbindung von innerer Nachfolge und weltlicher Führungsverantwortung, wenngleich sein politisches Handeln in der Kongo-Krise und im Kalten Krieg scharfen Kontroversen ausgesetzt war.

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