Shortly before he was hanged by the Nazis in 1945 at age 39, Dietrich Bonhoeffer reportedly told a fellow prisoner: “This is the end — for me the beginning of life.” It was – more than he knew. Even ...
FILE - A statue of former German pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer (made by Fritz Fleer) stands outside St. Petri church in downtown Hamburg, northern Germany, Feb. 3, 2006. Bonhoeffer was hanged by the ...