Wednesday, February 4, 2015

4 February 1906 A.D. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Born—Lutheran Pastor Defied Hitler; Executed 9 April 1945


4 February 1906 A.D. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Born—Lutheran Pastor Defied Hitler;  Executed 9 April 1945


Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 to 1944)

Lutheran

He Dared to Defy Hitler

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born at Breslau, Poland. When Hitler took over the churches in Germany, making them propaganda tools for his destructive purposes, Bonhoeffer was among the few to protest, and to make a bold stand against Hitler's power. He was arrested in April 1943 and hung in 1944, shortly after being implicated in a plot to kill Hitler.

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