Bonhoeffer

[ bawn-hœ-fuhr ]

noun

1. Dietrich, 1906–45, German religious leader: hanged for his involvement in a plot against Hitler.

Bonhoeffer

/ ˈboːnhœfər /

noun

1. BonhoefferDietrich19061945MGermanRELIGION: theologian Dietrich (ˈdiːtrɪç). 1906–45, German Lutheran theologian: executed by the Nazis

Example Sentences

Back in Germany, though, the rise of the Nazis is what sets Bonhoeffer on his Christian resistance path, disturbed by the country’s sudden fealty to a false god stoking “rumor and rage.”

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

“This is a Bonhoeffer moment,” citing the famed German pastor and anti-Nazi activist whom Hitler executed.

From Washington Post

“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil,” said Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian who was hanged in a Nazi concentration camp.

From Washington Post