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Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born on 4 February, 1906 in Breslau, Silesia, Prussia, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), is a German theologian and dissident anti-Nazi (1906–1945). Discover Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 39 years old?

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Age 39 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 4 February 1906
Birthday 4 February
Birthplace Breslau, Silesia, Prussia, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland)
Date of death 9 April, 1945
Died Place Flossenbürg, Bavaria, Germany
Nationality Poland

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1906

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident who was a key founding member of the Confessing Church.

Bonhoeffer was born on 4 February 1906 in Breslau, then Germany (now Poland), into a large family.

In addition to his other siblings, Dietrich had a twin sister, Sabine Bonhoeffer Leibholz: he and Sabine were the sixth and seventh children out of eight.

His father was Karl Bonhoeffer, a psychiatrist and neurologist, noted for his criticism of Sigmund Freud; and his mother Paula Bonhoeffer was a teacher and the granddaughter of Protestant theologian Karl von Hase and painter Stanislaus von Kalckreuth.

Bonhoeffer's family dynamic and his parents' values enabled him to receive a high level of education and encouraged his curiosity, which impacted his ability to lead others around him, specifically in the church setting.

He also learned how to play the piano at age 8, and composed the songs performed at the Philharmonic at age 11.

Walter Bonhoeffer, the second born of the Bonhoeffer family, was killed in action during World War I when Bonhoeffer was 12 years old.

At age 14, Bonhoeffer decided to pursue his education in theology despite the criticism of his older brothers Klaus, a lawyer, and Karl, a scientist.

He took Hebrew as an elective in school and attended many evangelical meetings, moved by the many sufferings that resulted from war such as hungry and orphaned children.

Bonhoeffer began his studies at Tübingen and eventually moved to the University of Berlin, where he submitted his successful dissertation: Sanctorum Communio.

1927

At the age of 21, on 17 December 1927, he went on to complete his Doctor of Theology degree from Humboldt University of Berlin, graduating summa cum laude.

1930

In 1930, Bonhoeffer moved to America with the intent of attaining a Sloane Fellowship at New York City's Union Theological Seminary.

Bonhoeffer was greatly unimpressed with American theology.

He described the students as lacking interest in theology and would "laugh out loud" when learning a passage from Luther's Sin and Forgiveness.

During his time there, he met Frank Fisher, a black fellow seminarian who introduced him to the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, where Bonhoeffer taught Sunday school and formed a lifelong love for the African-American church.

He heard Adam Clayton Powell Sr. preach the Gospel of Social Justice, and became sensitive to the social injustices experienced by racial and ethnic minorities in the US as well as the ineptitude of churches to bring about integration.

Through oppressed negro churches, he recognized that God's commandments were carried out and was always captivated by the sermons.

The originally patriotic Bonhoeffer later changed his views after seeing a film which showed the horrors of war.

Later in life he favored the views of Pacifism because of love for all, and a high value on each individual life.

He became involved with the Ecumenical Christian movement, which eventually led him to resist Hitler and the Nazis.

1931

After returning to Germany in 1931, Bonhoeffer became a lecturer in systematic theology at the University of Berlin.

Deeply interested in ecumenism, he was appointed by the World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches (a forerunner of the World Council of Churches) as one of its three European youth secretaries.

At this time he seems to have undergone a personal conversion, as he changed from being a theologian primarily attracted to the intellectual side of Christianity, to being a dedicated man of personal faith, resolved to literally carry out the teachings of Christ, revealed in the Gospels.

On 15 November 1931, at the age of 25, he was ordained at Old-Prussian United St. Matthew, Berlin-Tiergarten in Berlin-Tiergarten.

1932

In November 1932, two months before the Nazi takeover, there had been an election for presbyters and synodals (church officials) of the German Landeskirche (Protestant historical churches).

This election was marked by a struggle within the Old-Prussian Union Evangelical Church between the ultra-patriotic nationalistic German Christian (Deutsche Christen) movement and Young Reformers, who were interested in following the Gospel teachings of Jesus— a struggle that threatened to explode into schism.

1933

Bonhoeffer's promising academic and ecclesiastical career was dramatically knocked off course by the Nazi ascent to power on 30 January 1933.

He was a determined opponent of the regime from its first days.

Two days after Hitler was installed as Chancellor, Bonhoeffer delivered a radio address in which he attacked Hitler and warned Germany against slipping into an idolatrous cult of the Führer (leader), who could very well turn out to be Verführer (misleader, or seducer).

His broadcast was abruptly cut off, though it is unclear whether the newly elected Nazi regime was responsible.

In April 1933, Bonhoeffer raised the first voice for church resistance to Hitler's persecution of Jews, declaring that the church must not simply "bandage the victims under the wheel, but jam a spoke in the wheel itself."

In July 1933, Hitler unconstitutionally imposed new church elections.

Bonhoeffer put all his efforts into the election, campaigning for the selection of independent, non-Nazi officials who were dedicated to following Christ.

Despite Bonhoeffer's efforts, in the July election an overwhelming number of key church positions went to Nazi-supported Deutsche Christen people.

1937

His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have become widely influential; his 1937 book The Cost of Discipleship is described as a modern classic.

Apart from his theological writings, Bonhoeffer was known for his staunch resistance to the Nazi dictatorship, including vocal opposition to Adolf Hitler's euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of the Jews.

1943

He was arrested in April 1943 by the Gestapo and imprisoned at Tegel Prison for 1 1⁄2 years.

Later, he was transferred to Flossenbürg concentration camp.

Bonhoeffer was accused of being associated with the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler and was tried along with other accused plotters, including former members of the Abwehr (the German Military Intelligence Office).

1945

He was hanged on 9 April 1945 during the collapse of the Nazi regime.