7 February 1945 A.D. Mr. (Rev. Dr.) Dietrich Bonhoeffer Transferred to Buchenwald Concentration Camp
7 February 1945 A.D. Mr. (Rev. Dr.) Dietrich Bonhoeffer Transferred to Buchenwald Concentration Camp Graves, Dan. “Bonhoeffer Transferred to Buchenwald Concentration Camp.” Christianity.com. May 2007. http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1901-2000/bonhoeffer-transferred-to-buchenwald-concentration-camp-11630780.html . Accessed 14 Jul 2014. Where does a Christian fit in a nation which makes itself god? The Lutheran theologian Deitrich Bonhoeffer answered that the Christian's duty is to resist such a regime. This landed him in a concentration camp and cost him his life. Safe in exile in America, he abruptly returned to Germany. "I have come to the conclusion that I have made a mistake in coming to America. I shall have no right to participate in the reconstruction of the Christian life in Germany after the war if I did not share in the trials of this time wit...