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He was hanged by the Nazi's a week before their defeat. Watch the movie about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, it is pretty good.
He was a pastor and a theologist. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed for contributing to a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and resisting Germany's Nazi regime in other ways.
He was a pastor and a theologist. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed for contributing to a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and resisting Germany's Nazi regime in other ways.
Dietrich Bethge is known for being a scholar and theologian, particularly for his work on Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He has written books and articles analyzing Bonhoeffer's life, theology, and resistance against the Nazi regime during World War II. Bethge’s most famous work is likely his definitive biography of Bonhoeffer, offering insight into the theologian’s courageous and impactful legacy.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer resisted the Nazis through his involvement in the Confessing Church, a Protestant movement that opposed the Nazi regime's control over German churches. He also participated in underground seminaries and led efforts to help Jews escape persecution. Ultimately, his resistance led to imprisonment and his eventual execution by the Nazis.
He Didn't really make much of a difference --- Dietrich tried to kill Hitler and that's a good thing unless your a Nazi. He also converted many Nazis into Catholics or Christians.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a staunch believer in the authority of the Holy Scriptures and a faithful disciple of Jesus. Hence, when the German government, particularly during the Nazi regime, started enacting and enforcing laws that were clearly in direct opposition to the principles of the christian faith, Bonhoeffer "obeyed God rather than men" and it cost him his dear life for doing so. He practiced what he preached when he said that, "When Christ calls a man, he bid him, come and die."
Fritz Dietrich - Nazi - died in 1948.
Fritz Dietrich - Nazi - was born in 1898.
Joncey's answer, below, falls short. Dietrich Bonhoeffer has not been canonized or recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. The Nazi regime and German RC came to an agreement (Reichskonkordat) that was recognized by the Pope in 1933. However, despite the konkordat, RCs, the RC church and priests were persecuted.Hitler co-op'd the Protestant German church, creating a new national church and appointing a leader that was a fanatical Nazi. The Confessing Church was organized by major German theologians and leaders such as Karl Barth and Martin Niemoeller, but opposed the Nazi's control of the church more as oppression of the church by the state than oppression of Jews and Christians by the state.Bonhoeffer was an early and persistent voice against the Nazis and their injustices. Bonhoeffer was jailed for participating in an effort to assassinate Hitler, and was executed by the Nazis in Feb. 1945. While he was a staunch opponent, he was one of a number of clergy and theologians who stood against the regime, and could not be called it's 'greatest foe'.Dietrich Bonhoeffer would not then, not does he now qualify as a 'saint' because he opposed Hitler. The RC process -canonization- to be named a saint has steps which are detailed, rigorous, and rarely is a step or investigation waived. While Bonhoeffer is considered a martyr by many Christians for his stand against the Nazis, he is not recognized in any way by the RC church as a saint, nor, as a Protestant, is he likely to be.Joncey's answer:
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German theologian and pastor who opposed the Nazi regime and was involved in a plot to assassinate Hitler, while Gandhi was an Indian activist who advocated for nonviolent resistance against British colonial rule. Bonhoeffer's focus was on moral responsibility and acting against injustice, while Gandhi's philosophy centered around nonviolence and civil disobedience. Both figures were influential in their respective contexts but had different approaches to social change.
The plot was the culmination of the efforts of the German Resistance to overthrow the Nazi regime. The failure of both the assassination and the military coup d'etat which was planned to follow it led to the arrest of at least 7,000 people by the Gestapo.