Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born on 4 February 1906 along with this twin sister Sabine. He was a German pastor, a theologian (a person who studies religion and faith), a spy, anti-Nazi rebel, and key founding member of the Confessing Church (a movement within German Protestantism during Nazi Germany that rose in opposition to government-supported efforts to unite all Protestant churches into one pro-Nazi Protestant Reich Church). His writings on Christianity's role in the materialistic world have become widely influential, and his book The Cost of Discipleship has become a modern classic.
Apart from his theological writings, Bonhoeffer was known for his staunch resistance to the Nazi tyranny, including vocal opposition to Hitler's euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of the Jews. Dietrich was arrested in April 1943 by the Gestapo (the German state secret police) and imprisoned at Tegel military prison for eighteen months. He was later moved to a Nazi concentration camp.
In early 1945, while the Nazi regime was collapsing, he was accused and quickly tried (along with other rebels) of being associated with the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. He was found guilty and executed by hanging on 9 April 1945. He was 39 years old. …show more content…
Through the half-open door in one room of the huts, I saw Pastor Bonhoeffer, before taking off his prison garb, kneeling on the floor praying fervently to his God. I was most deeply moved by the way this lovable man prayed, so devout and so certain that God heard his prayer. At the place of execution, he again said a prayer and then climbed the steps to the gallows, brave and composed. His death ensued in a few seconds. In the almost 50 years that I have worked as a doctor, I have hardly ever seen a man die so entirely submissive to the will of
Apart from his theological writings, Bonhoeffer was known for his staunch resistance to the Nazi tyranny, including vocal opposition to Hitler's euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of the Jews. Dietrich was arrested in April 1943 by the Gestapo (the German state secret police) and imprisoned at Tegel military prison for eighteen months. He was later moved to a Nazi concentration camp.
In early 1945, while the Nazi regime was collapsing, he was accused and quickly tried (along with other rebels) of being associated with the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. He was found guilty and executed by hanging on 9 April 1945. He was 39 years old. …show more content…
Through the half-open door in one room of the huts, I saw Pastor Bonhoeffer, before taking off his prison garb, kneeling on the floor praying fervently to his God. I was most deeply moved by the way this lovable man prayed, so devout and so certain that God heard his prayer. At the place of execution, he again said a prayer and then climbed the steps to the gallows, brave and composed. His death ensued in a few seconds. In the almost 50 years that I have worked as a doctor, I have hardly ever seen a man die so entirely submissive to the will of