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.

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Bonhoeffer British  

/ ˈboːnhœfər /

noun

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

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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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Salon

Instead, it presents him as a steadfast superhero for justice, no less in the full title itself, which adds the descriptors usually saved for a summer-blockbuster tagline: “Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.”

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Washington Times