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Bonhoeffer

American  
[bawn-hœ-fuhr] / ˈbɔn hœ fər /

noun

  1. Dietrich, 1906–45, German religious leader: hanged for his involvement in a plot against Hitler.


Bonhoeffer British  
/ ˈboːnhœfər /

noun

  1. Dietrich (ˈdiːtrɪç). 1906–45, German Lutheran theologian: executed by the Nazis

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During the service, a video was broadcast of Jin and others singing a hymn adapted from a poem Bonhoeffer wrote shortly before his execution.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

There’s righteousness there that’s hard to ignore, and it’s made Bonhoeffer, the author of dozens of books before his death, a figure of admiration and a martyr to many.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2024

Dietrich Bonhoeffer once warned that “silence in the face of evil is evil is evil itself.”

From Washington Times Aug. 21, 2022

“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil,” said Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian who was hanged in a Nazi concentration camp.

From Washington Post Jan. 28, 2022

And the Reverend Peters was the invigilator and he sat at a desk while I did the exam and he read a book called The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer and ate a sandwich.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon

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