Bonhoeffer was a good man who paid the ultimate price for standing up for his faith and his refusal to bow down to the Nazis. Bonhoeffer chose to come back to Germany when he felt they needed him before the outbreak of war. He was a minister, theologian and taught classes in Germany. The Nazis forbid him to speak in public or publish anymore works. He was also told to report to the Gustapo once a week. He helped his sister and her husband, who was Jewish, to flee the country and get to safety. The Germans attacked Poland and soon after France and England declared war on Germany. The Nazi shut down Bonhoeffer's school and made the students enlist in the army. One of his friends that worked for military intelligence asked him to become a spy and shows him all the war crimes that the Nazis have committed. After seeing this Bonhoeffer aggress to help. He starts helping sneak Jews out of the country and gathering evidence against the 3rd Reich.
He is sent to Sweden where he talks to an allied minister. He says two quotes that I feel are important to understand his way of thinking, teaching and believing in the faith. The first is " less to do evil than be evil" and later he goes on to tell a Young 17 year old girl, Maria who he will soon be engaged to, "it is better for a person of truth to tell a lie than a liar to tell the truth." Maria loses her father and brother in the war in Stalingrad and finds comfort and safety with Bonhoeffer. When they go back to Germany they meet up with their friends Hans and Crystal but they are being watched by the Gustapo and are later arrested and interrogated about different acts of treason going on in the 3rd Reich.
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