Bonhöffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945
Extent and Medium
~83p.
Note(s)
:ports.
Envelope 3/44; microfilm reel 052
20 newspaper clippings, 1 booklet, 1 article, 1 radio program of the BBC, 1 speech in memory of, and 2 manuscripts
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian and martyr. He was also a participant in the German resistance movement against Nazism and a founding member of the Confessing Church. His involvement in plans by members of the Abwehr (the German Military Intelligence Office) to assassinate Adolf Hitler resulted in his arrest in April 1943 and his subsequent execution by hanging in April 1945--(Wikipedia)
Subjects
- Anti-Nazi movement--Germany
- Theologians--Germany--History--20th century.
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