Dietrich Bonhoeffer

German Lutheran pastor, theologian an anti-Nazi dissident

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German: [ˈdiːtʁɪç ˈboːnhœfɐ]; 4 Februar 1906 – 9 Aprile 1945) wis a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, an key foondin member o the Confessin Kirk.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Bonhoeffer in 1939
Born4 Februar 1906(1906-02-04)
Breslau, Silesie Province, Proushie, German Empire
Dee'd9 Apryle 1945(1945-04-09) (aged 39)
Flossenbürg concentration camp, Nazi Germany
49°44′06″N 12°21′21″E / 49.734958°N 12.35577°E / 49.734958; 12.35577 (Execution Site of 20 July 1944 Plot (Nazi Germany Resistance))
EddicationStaatsexamen (Tübingen), Doctor o Theology (Berlin), Privatdozent (Berlin)
KirkEvangelical Kirk o the auld-Proushie Union
Confessin Kirk
WritinsAuthor o several beuks an airticles
Congregations served
Zion's Kirk congregation, Berlin
German-speakin congregations o St. Paul's and Sydenham, London
Offices held
Associate lecturer at Frederick William Varsity o Berlin (1931–36)
Student pastor at Technical College, Berlin (1931–33)
Lecturer o Confessing Kirk candidates o pastorate in Finkenwalde (1935–37)
TeetleOrdained pastor