Dietrich Bonhoeffer died April 9 1945. A thread from 3 years ago.
German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed 75 years ago today, April 9 1945, for his part in a conspiracy to overthrow Hitler. "The church's task is not simply to bind the wounds of the victim beneath the wheel, but also to put a spoke in the wheel itself." He was 39.
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