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During [[World War II]], Bonhoeffer played a key leadership role in the [[Confessing Church]], which opposed the [[anti-semitic]] policies of Adolf Hitler. He was among those who called for wider church resistance to Hitler's treatment of the [[Jew]]s. While the Confessing Church was not large, it represented a major source of Christian opposition to the Nazi government in Germany.
In 1939, Bonhoeffer joined a hidden group of high-ranking military officers based in the [[Abwehr]], or [[Military Intelligence]] Office, who wanted to overthrow the National Socialist regime by killing Hitler. He was arrested in April 1943 after money used to help Jews escape to [[Switzerland]] was traced to him. He was charged with [[conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]] and imprisoned in Berlin for a year and a half. After the unsuccessful [[July 20 Plot]] in 1944, Bonhoeffer's connections to the conspirators were discovered. He was moved to a series of prisons and [[concentration camp]]s ending at [[Flossenburg]]. Here, he was executed by [[hanging]] at dawn on [[9 April]] [[1945]], just three weeks before the liberation of the city. Also hanged for their parts in the conspiracy were his brother Klaus and his brothers-in-law [[Hans von Dohnanyi]] and [[Rüdiger
==Legacy==
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:Bonhoeffer’s second dissertation, written in 1929–30 and published in 1931 as ''Akt und Sein'', deals with the questions of consciousness and conscience in theology from the perspective of the [[Reformation]] insight about the origin of human sinfulness in the “heart turned in upon itself and thus open neither to the revelation of God nor to the encounter with the neighbor.” Here are Bonhoeffer’s thoughts about power, revelation, Otherness, theological method, and theological anthropology.
*''Ecumenical, Academic and Pastoral Work: 1931–1932'', translation of ''Ökumene, Universität, Pfarramt: 1931–1932''. Fortress Press: not yet released.
*''Creation and Fall: A Theological Exposition of Genesis 1–3'' John W. de Gruchy (Editor); Douglas Stephen Bax (Translator). Fortress Press, November 20, 1997.
:''Creation and Fall'' originated in lectures given by Bonhoeffer at the University of Berlin in the winter semester of 1932–33 during the demise of the [[Weimar Republic]] and the birth of the [[Third Reich]]. In the book published in 1933 as ''Schöpfung und Fall'', Bonhoeffer called his students to focus their attention on the word of God the word of truth in a time of turmoil.
*''Christology'' (1966) London: William Collins and New York: Harper and Row. translation of lectures given in Berlin in 1933, from vol. 3 of ''Gesammelte Schriften'', Christian Kaiser Verlag, 1960. retitled as ''Christ the Center'', Harper SanFrancisco 1978 paperback: ISBN 0-06-060811-0
*''London: 1933–1935'', translation of ''London: 1933–1935''. Fortress Press: not yet released.
*''The Cost of Discipleship'' (1948 in English). Touchstone edition with introduction by [[Bishop George Bell]] and memoir by G. Leibholz, 1995 paperback: ISBN 0-684-81500-1. Critical edition published under its original title ''Discipleship'': John D. Godsey (editor); Geffrey B. Kelly (editor). Fortress Press, 2000.
:Bonhoeffer's most widely read book begins, "Cheap grace is the mortal enemy of our church. Our struggle today is for costly grace." That was a sharp warning to his own church, which was engaged in bitter conflict with the official nazified state church, The book was first published in 1937 as ''Nachfolge'' (Discipleship). It soon became a classic exposition of what it means to follow Christ in a modern world beset by a dangerous and criminal government. At its center stands an interpretation of the [[Sermon on the Mount]]: what Jesus demanded of his followers—and how the life of discipleship is to be continued in all ages of the post- resurrection church.
*''Theological Education at Finkenwalde: 1935–1937'', translation of ''Illegale Theologenausbildung: 1935–1937''. Fortress Press: not yet released.
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