Dietrich Bonhoeffer S Brother In Law

Oster canaris and others arrested after july 20 were among those already suffering for months in this fiendish place.

Dietrich bonhoeffer s brother in law. 4 february 1906 9 april 1945 was a lutheran pastor theologian anti nazi dissident and key founding member of the confessing church his writings on christianity s role in the secular world have become widely influential and his book the cost of discipleship has been described as a modern classic. Dietrich bonhoeffer on the bible. Dietrich s brother in law hired him to work for german intelligence moving dietrich into the conspiracy.

After being wounded as a soldier in world war i rudiger schleicher studied law entered civil service in württemberg and in 1922 arrived in berlin to be an assessor in the reich ministry of transportation. Dietrich became a double agent. It has been transcribed from the biography by yale graduate eric metaxas.

One of the leading conspirators was dietrich s brother in law hans von dohnanyi. He was a leader in german intelligence which was the center of the conspiracy. Rüdiger schleicher his brother in law who was executed with klaus.

Bonhoeffer answered that the bible alone is the answer to our questions and that we need to ask persistently and humbly in order to receive that answer. Meanwhile the nazis were making it illegal for jews to send their kids to school to be doctors lawyers or teachers. Noteworthy in this connection is a letter of april 1936 to his brother in law rüdiger schleicher who wondered how one could possibly live the christian life in the twentieth century world.

His father who was not a christian died and leibholz asked bonhoeffer to preach the funeral. Among the family s most notable members are the sons of psychiatrist and neurologist karl bonhoeffer dietrich bonhoeffer 1906 1945 and klaus bonhoeffer 1901 1945 both resistance fighters in different ways against the nazi régime who were executed in the. Bonhoeffer s jewish brother in law gerhard leibholz was a lawyer and like many german jews he was a baptized christian.

Soon dietrich s brother klaus and another brother in law rüdiger schleicher both lawyers and both resisters as well as bethge were arrested and sent to the lehrterstrasse prison where klaus was tortured. In this regard he is often seen as aligned with karl barth 1886 1968. He became an employee for germany s military intelligence office where he officially took advantage of his foreign contacts.