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On April 9, 1945, 65 years ago today, just a few weeks before an allied offensive brought Germany to its knees and ended World War II in Europe, a young, mild-mannered Lutheran theologian was hanged by the Nazis in Flossenburg Concentration Camp.Anyone heard anything about this new book
His crime ... conspiring to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a theological genius of the 20th century, is now emerging as a war hero, martyr and spy.
"What is so amazing about the story of Bonhoeffer is that he puts a completely different spin for us as Americans on World War II," says Eric Metaxas, author of Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy(Thomas Nelson, 2010), the first biography in 40 years of this influential Christian. The book is being released on Friday, the anniversary of Bonhoeffer's execution.
? Sounds fascinating. 
5 comments:
In the middle of reading it now. It's a BIG book but enjoying it a lot.
I agree with Ben. It's long but Metaxas is a great writer, and of course it's compelling history.
My copy should arrive today. I'm so excited.
hope to get it soon! bonhoeffer's "life together" was the inspiration for my blog by the same title.
This is not the definitive biography. A biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer has been out for some time, the title is Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Biography, the author was one of his best friends Eberhard Bethge. The book is huge, over 1,000 pages and digs really deep into who Dietrich Bonhoeffer was. Read this biography and learn who Bonhoeffer really was. It is so engrossing one can hardly put it down. One gets caught up in the whole thing.
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