Bonhoeffer Student Edition

© 2015 by Eric Metaxas

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Adapted from Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. Copyright © 2010 by Eric Metaxas. Also adapted from the abridged Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. Copyright © 2014 by Eric Metaxas.

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Metaxas, Eric.

Bonhoeffer : pastor, martyr, prophet, spy / Eric Metaxas. — Student Edition.

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-0-7180-2164-1 (softcover)

1. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906–1945. 2. Theologians—Germany—Biography. 3. Clergy—Germany—Biography. 4. Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust—Germany—Biography. 5. Spies—Germany—Biography. 6. Christian martyrs—Germany—Biography. 7. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906–1945—Political and social views. 8. Anti-Nazi movement—Germany. 9. Hitler, Adolf, 1889–1945—Assassination attempt, 1944 (July 20) 10. Germany—History—1933–1945—Biography. I. Title.

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CONTENTS

The Bonhoeffer Family Tree

Chapter 1: The End, 1945

Chapter 2: A Mischievous Boy and the Great War, 1896–1921

Chapter 3: Off to University, 1923–1927

Chapter 4: Venturing Abroad, 1928–1930

Chapter 5: A New Way of Seeing the Church, 1930–1933

Chapter 6: Nazi Lies, 1933

Chapter 7: Worshiping God . . . or Hitler?, 1933–1934

Chapter 8: Secret ...