- Summary
- It was April 5, 1943, and the Gestapo would arrive any minute. Dietrich Bonhoeffer had been expecting this day for a long time. He had put his papers in order -- and left a few notes specifically for Hitler's men to see. Two SS agents climbed the stairs and told the boyish-looking Bonhoeffer to come with them. He calmly said good-bye to his parents, put his Bible under his arm, and left. Upstairs there was proof, in his own handwriting, that this quiet young minister was part of a conspiracy to kill Adolf Hitler. This account includes the discovery that Bonhoeffer was one of the first people to provide evidence to the Allies that Jews were being deported to death camps. It takes readers from his privileged early childhood to the studies and travel that would introduce him to peace activists around the world -- eventually putting this gentle, scholarly pacifist on a deadly course to assassinate one of the most ruthless dictators in history.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- McCormick, Patricia, 1956- author.
- Published
- New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]
©2016
- Locale
- Germany
- Edition
- First edition
- Contents
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Cast of characters
A big, rambunctious family
War breaks out
Bonhoeffer seals his destiny
Leaving home for the first time
The trip that changed everything
The men who would change Bonhoeffer's fate
A new idea of what a church could be
From faith to action
Grappling with the existence of God
A decisive experience: visiting the United States
Heil, Hitler!
Speaking out against the Führer
The Aryan Paragraph
Committing treason
Bonfire of hatred
A Nazi church
A different kind of resistance
Night of the Long Knives
A breakaway church
A conspiracy begins
The war hits home
A dark night of the soul
From clergyman to courier
Undercover
Sounding the alarm
Love in wartime
The noose grows tighter
Assassination attempts
Caught
Another attempt on Hitler's life
Evidence of treason
The end of the war
Eternity at last.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-166) and index.
Cast of characters -- A big, rambunctious family -- War breaks out -- Bonhoeffer seals his destiny -- Leaving home for the first time -- The trip that changed everything -- The men who would change Bonhoeffer's fate -- A new idea of what a church could be -- From faith to action -- Grappling with the existence of God -- A decisive experience: visiting the United States -- Heil, Hitler! -- Speaking out against the Führer -- The Aryan Paragraph -- Committing treason -- Bonfire of hatred -- A Nazi church -- A different kind of resistance -- Night of the Long Knives -- A breakaway church -- A conspiracy begins -- The war hits home -- A dark night of the soul -- From clergyman to courier -- Undercover -- Sounding the alarm -- Love in wartime -- The noose grows tighter -- Assassination attempts -- Caught -- Another attempt on Hitler's life -- Evidence of treason -- The end of the war -- Eternity at last.
Young Adult.
1000
Ages 8-12.
MG
