Bonhoeffer: Murdered by the Nazis 80 years ago

America’s conscience means more than slavish obedience to a leader

On April 9, 1945, Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed by the Nazis for his role in the plot to assassinate Hitler. Shortly before he died, he said: “This is the end — but for me it is the beginning of life.” His example for our times is fraught with meaning. He opposed the “Fuhrer principle” that claimed the authority of a leader’s words stood above all law and policy and commanded absolute obedience. We’re not there yet but the…

Managing Chancellor Scholz praised the theologian and Nazi resistance fighter Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was murdered 80 years ago.

The theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed on 9 April 1945 in the Flossenburg concentration camp. Jonas Dassler plays the title role in the US film »Bonhoeffer«.

Bonhoeffer: Murdered by the Nazis 80 years ago

His faith was stronger than his fear: Dietrich Bonhoeffer dared to resist Adolf Hitler's regime — and paid for it with his life. The theologian's legacy inspires us today, even in unexpected ways.

In the Peace Church in Letmathe there was an impressive memory of the theologian and resistance fighter Dietrich Bonhoeffer. That's what it looked like.

80 years ago, the theologian and resistance fighter Dietrich Bonhoeffer was murdered by the Nazis. Today, Evangelicals in the USA took him. His great-nephew Mathias Bonhoeffer talks about this.