Dietrich Bonhoeffer (February 4, 1906 - April 9, 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, participant in the German Resistance movement against Nazism, and a founding member of the Confessing Church. He was involved in plots planned by members of the Abwehr (the German Military Intelligence Office) to assassinate Adolf Hitler. He was arrested in March 1943, imprisoned, and eventually hanged just before the end of the World War II in Europe. Wikipedia
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That was exactly the dilemma that faced Dietrich Bonhoeffer, born 100 years ago, and one that led to his own death. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4906502.stm
The International Dietrich Bonhoeffer Society is a nonprofit, ecumenical, and interfaith scholarly organization to preserve the memory and enhance the knowledge of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his legacy. www.dbonhoeffer.org
Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland (EKD), Gemeinschaft von 23 lutherischen, reformierten und unierten Landeskirchen, This is the offical server of the Protestant Church in Germany www.ekd.de/bonhoeffer/
... founding 32 more convents. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), a scholar, professor, part of the Confessing Church movement opposed to the Nazi domination of German churches and of the underground ... www.augustana.chi.il.us/gnarchive/0111/gracenote2.html
When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, igniting the Second World War, a group of German conspirators were already plotting a coup d'etat; over the next six years, there were as many as fifteen assassination attempts against Hitler. One of the co-conspirato www.bonhoeffer.com/bon2.htm
Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"If you get on the wrong train, running down the aisle in the opposite direction really doesn’t help."
