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Summary of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Life
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a priest who helped Jewish immigrants during the Nazi Regime. When he was 14 years old he decided to pursue his dream of studying theology. He became a pastor and was a member of the Evangelical church when the church welcomed Hitler’s government because of Germany’s political instability. He got arrested by the Gestapo in 1943 and was executed on April 9, 1945. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was important to Jewish and Christian history. -
Birth
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, birth; Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland) to Karl and Paula Boenhoffer. He was the sixth child. His family was not religious. -
14 Years Old Dream
He decides to pursue his dream of studying theology. -
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Student
This is Dietrich Bonhoeffer at around age 17 when he was a student. -
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Studied Theology
Dietrich Bonhoeffer studied theology at the universities of Tübingen and Berlin. -
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Becomes Pastor
Assistant pastor to German-speaking congregation in Barcelona, Spain -
Involved In Church Movement
He became active in the ecumenical movement of bringing together Christian churches around the world -
Wrote Doctorial Thesis
He completed his theological examinations and wrote his doctoral thesis, Sanctorum Communio at Union Seminary in New York -
Wrote a Book
Wrote Akt und Sein (Act and Being) -
Lecturer at a University
Lecturer who taught systematic theology at the University of Berlin, Germany. Creation and fall temptation was based on lectures when he taught Winter semester of 1932-33. -
Appointed as the European Youth Secretary
Attended a conference at the University of Cambridge and he was appointed to be a European youth secretary of the World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches -
Criticizes Nazis
He was a member of the German Evangelical church when they welcomed Hitler's government because of Germany's political instability. He wrote The Church and the Jewish Question and he criticized the Nazis trying to kill the Jews. -
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Leader Spokesmen of the Confessing Church
Started protesting against the Nazis and became a leading spokesman for Confessing Church -
Appointed Head of Seminary
Appointed Head of Seminary for the Confessing Church in Finkenwalde (Pomerania) -
Decides to Overthrow Hitler
Boenhoeffer became increasingly political after this year and he met a group that wanted to overthrow Hitler. -
Dietrich Bonhoeffer fled to New York
He decided to move to the United States so that he could be safe from the Nazis. He fled to New York because he didn't want to fight in Hitler's army. He took a position as a teacher at the Union Seminary -
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Wrote books on Christian ethics
Worked on writing pieces of books about Christian ethics that were released after he died -
Dietrich talks to British government
Dietrich Bonhoeffer flew to Sweden to talk to the British government about the conspirator’s plans to get rid of Hitler -
Bonhoeffer and Dohnanyi Get Arrested
Bonhoeffer and Dohnanyi (brother-in-law) get arrested by the Gestapo because they were trying to give money to Jewish immigrants -
Failed Assassination
Nazi’s found documents that Dietrich Boenhoffer was a conspirator -
Nazi's found Documents
Nazi’s found documents that Dietrich Boenhoffer was a conspirator -
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Moved to A Camp
He was moved to the Buchenwald Concentration Camp -
Executed
Flossenbürg, Germany; executed because he tried to end Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Army -
Books Posthumously Published
His prison books were released after he died. They were about theologian themes, and reflection on cultural and spiritual life -
Dietrich Bonhoeffer statue
This "statue is one of ten to modern martyrs, unveiled in July 1998, which stand above the west entrance to Westminster Abbey. The sculptor was Tim Crawley."