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Title:
The plot to kill Hitler : Dietrich Bonhoeffer: pastor, spy, unlikely hero
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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 compelling, brilliantly researched account includes the remarkable 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.
Other Title:
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, pastor, spy, unlikely hero.
Year Published:
2016
Physical Description:
xvii, 174 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780062411099

9780062411082

9781338224375
Publisher:
New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of Harpercollins Publishers, [2016]

©2016