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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Entity ID:
- dietrich-bonhoeffer
- Long Name:
- Bonhoeffer, Dietrich (1906-1945)
- Short Name:
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Disambiguation String:
- Lutheran pastor
- Entity Type:
- person
- Entity Subtype:
- author
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- Wikipedia
- Summary:
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer (4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran 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 became a modern classic.
Apart from his theological writings, Bonhoeffer was known for his staunch resistance to the 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 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.
- Viaf ID:
- 68925878
- DB Pedia ID:
- Dietrich_Bonhoeffer
- Biblical Status:
- extraBiblical
- Is An Individual:
- Yes
- Is Published:
- Yes
- Birth Date:
- February 4, 1906
- Death Date:
- April 9, 1945
- Occupation:
- Lutheran pastor
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