| Description |
vii, 245 pages : illustrations (black and white), map, genealogical table, portraits ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
Traces the life of the Christian theologian whose faith led him to speak out against Nazism and join in unsuccessful attempts to assassinate Hitler, discussing the personalities and experiences that shaped him and detailing his role in the religious resistance to Nazism. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The end, 1945 -- A mischievous boy and the Great War, 1896-1921 -- Off to university, 1923-1927 -- Venturing abroad, 1928-1930 -- A new way of seeing the church, 1930-1933 -- Nazi lies, 1933 -- Worshipping God... or Hitler?, 1933-1934 -- Secret seminaries, 1934-1937 -- Rumblings of war, 1937-1937 -- The great decision, 1939 -- From pastor to spy, 1940-1942 -- Meeting Maria, 1942-1943 -- Cell 92, 1943-1944 -- The conspiracy fails, 1944-1945 -- On the road to freedom, 1945 -- The matryr, 1945. |
| Subject |
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945.
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Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Assassination attempts
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Theologians -- Germany -- Biography.
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Clergy -- Germany -- Biography.
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Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Germany -- Biography.
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Spies -- Germany -- Biography.
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Christian martyrs -- Germany -- Biography.
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Theologians.
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Clergy.
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Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
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Spies.
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Christian martyrs.
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Anti-Nazi movement -- Germany.
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Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Biography.
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Germany -- History -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780718021641 (softcover) |
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0718021649 (softcover) |
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