Is Dietrich Bonhoeffer A Hero

Dietrich Bonhoeffer is someone I admire, someone we all should admire for his courage and bravery. Under very tough circumstances, he stood up for what he believed in. He stood up when everybody else backed down. He knew that what was going on around him was wrong and he said so. The sad thing is that he was almost the only one to do so. There has been a lot written about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, but hardly anyone is trying to understand the man in his singularity, uniqueness, braveness. Bonhoeffer is a recognized hero that challenged Nazism and its leader, but there were thousands of heroes like him in the 20th century. German pastor’s feat is not only a courageous acceptance of death for freedom but in the courageous acceptance of the future, which was not destined to live. It is difficult to look into the eyes of death, but even more difficult in this case to look beyond his death, into the future of mankind and to take his challenge, knowing that you have this right does not apply and the future of the world will be terrible. Dietrich Bonhoeffer …show more content…
In fact, Bonhoeffer was the first of the German theologians and priests who are designated the new challenges facing the Church in the conditions of the Nazi dictatorship. Bonhoeffer called each responsible for what is happening. Gradually, he formed the idea of the necessity of their own participation in the resistance. He became a participant in the European Ecumenical Movement. He was one of the few people in the 1930s with a grasp of both German and English-language theology. He was a professor at a number of important universities until his teaching authorization was withdrawn on August 5, 1936. He published many books and theological tracts, including his two most famous books, The Cost of Discipline and Life Together. He became one of the most important Protestant theologians of his