Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed in a German prison camp in April 1945, old only 39 and at a time when the war was almost over. He is generally considered to be a martyr, dying because of his tremendous Christian faith. His life save started out as the youngest son in a large, happy and wealthy family. Although his induce was an agnostic Bonhoeffer entered the Lutheran ministry, unlike his brothers who favorite(a) more well paid carers in law and research. With Hitlers rise to military group his church was not prepared to distinguish any stand against him.The seminary, of which he was head, was pressure to move underground. At this period he wrote The Cost of Discipleship in which he asks the questions How do I live a Christian life in the world? What does it opine to be a disciple of deliverer Christ? From that time he became politically active against Hitler, even travelling to the States in order to gain support. He soon returns because of his belief that if he is to t ake a leak an active role in post-war Germany he must also share the difficulties with his people.He moves from the passivism of figures such as Mahatma Ghandi, whom he had trust to visit one day to subscribe action, even taking part in an assassination plot. In 1943, soon afterward his engagement he is imprisoned. His letters from prison are positive in their nature. devil years later he is moved, initiative to the concentration camp at Buchenwald, and consequently to Flossenburg. There he asks to conduct a service for the other prisoners his texts are Isaiah 53 v 5 which speaks of being ameliorate by Christ, and 1 Peter 1 v 3 which talks of the look forward to of resurrection. That same day he is interpreted to his death and to eternal life.