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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor and theologian who actively opposed Nazi rule during World War II, ultimately paying with his life when he was executed in 1945. His writings on faith, ethics, and resistance to tyranny continue to influence Christian theology and debates about moral responsibility in the face of injustice.
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Wrocław
- Place of death
- Flossenbürg concentration camp
- Father
- Karl Bonhoeffer
- Occupation
- poet
- Educated at
- University of Tübingen
- Employer
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Confessing Church
- Award
- Civil Courage Prize
- Student of
- Karl Holl
- Official website
- www.dbonhoeffer.org
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1987-074-16, Dietrich Bonhoeffer.jpg
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- cause of death
- hanging to death
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- date of birth
- 1906-02-04
- date of death
- 1945-04-08
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- manner of death
- capital punishment
- topic's main category
- Category:Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- influenced by
- Reinhold Niebuhr
- ethnic group
- Germans
- place of detention
- Flossenbürg concentration camp
- writing language
- German
- place of burial
- Dorotheenstadt Cemetery
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- name in native language
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- unmarried partner
- Maria von Wedemeyer Weller
- archives at
- Berlin State Library
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