Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

February 04, 1906 – April 09, 1945
Place of Birth: Breslau, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia in the German Empire (now Wrocław, Poland)
Place of Death: Flossenbürg concentration camp, Nazi Germany 49.73496 12.35577 region:DE-BY_type:landmark}

Bonhoeffer the surname Bonhoeffer (surname) Dietrich Bonhoeffer (ˈdiːtʁɪç ˈboːnhœfɐ; 4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, and key founding member of the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular 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 Nazi dictatorship, including vocal opposition to Hitler's euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of the Jews. He was arrested in April 1943 by the Gestapo and imprisoned at Tegel prison for one and a half years. Later, he was transferred to a Nazi concentration camp. After being accused of being associated with the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, he was quickly tried, along with other accused plotters, including former members of the Abwehr (the German Military Intelligence Office), and then executed by hanging on 9 April 1945 as the Nazi regime was collapsing.