Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Struggle Against Human Injustice

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a man who stood up for his beliefs even until death. He left us an example of what a true Christian person is like. He lived in the time of World War II and the Holocaust. And because of his involvement as a spy during the World War II, opposing the Nazi government, and maintaining a leadership role in the Confessing Church, Dietrich Bonhoeffer is remembered as a very important individual in the fight against human injustice. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born on February 4, 1906 in Breslau, Germany. His father was Karl Ludwig Bonhoeffer and was born on March 31, 1868 in Neresheim, Germany (Marsh 6). His father was a very well known psychologist and neurologist. His mother was Paula Bonhoeffer; she was born in 1874 and died in 1951. He had seven siblings that consisted of three brothers and four sisters. The eldest of the seven was Karl Fredrick Bonhoeffer; Karl loved and was gifted in science. Second was Walter, he was a gifted writer and naturalist. Third was Klaus who was very free spirited, Charles Marsh stated in his book that “He once received a bad mark in chemistry for refusing to put away his volume of Hegel during class” (11). Next was Ursula, she was known for her love in clinical knowledge, and she also studied …show more content…
but his sneering changed to awe when he visited Abyssinian Baptist Church and “saw the full-throated gospel of Christ” (Hansen 55). He was not afraid to speak up and say that abortion was murder, he also “said many unpopular things and was unafraid to do so” (Hansen 55). Before he went to prison he had a conversation and a said these things “ When Visser’t Hooft, the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, asked him “What do you pray for these days?” Bonhoeffer replied “If you want to know the truth, I pray for the defeat of my nation” (Pettinger