When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Discipleship. April 9th, 1945: Dietrich Bonhoeffer is Murdered by the Nazis Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor and theologian who resisted the Nazi regime. Although he was offered the opportunity to accept a position teaching in the United States, he suffered mental anguish at leaving Germany’s struggle behind and decided to return despite the potential threat to his life. The Nazis banned him from publishing and from teaching in Berlin. He spoke against Nazism and was deeply involved in the Confessing Church–the church that opposed Nazification...
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