Bonhoeffer

[bawn-hœ-fuhr]

noun

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

Bonhoeffer

/ ˈboːnhœfər /

noun

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

Example Sentences

Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, murdered by the SS before he could be freed by Allied troops, is lionized in American churches, and his letters from prison became standard reading in Bible studies.

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Such debating tactics track well with Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s analysis of stupidity.

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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.

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He enrolled in Union Theological Seminary in New York City where writings by the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer —who denounced Hitler’s Nazi regime — galvanized his passion for social justice.

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

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