Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer – was a German pastor, theologian, known for his resistance to Nazi dictatorship, including vocal opposition to Hitler’s euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of the Jews.  He was accused of being associated with the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, and was quickly tried, and then executed by hanging on 9 April 1945 as the Nazi regime was collapsing.

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