Dietrich Bonhoeffer
2/4/1906 - 4/9/1945
Aquarius
Last Words
"This is the end...For me the beginning of life."
Death & Legacy
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian and resistance leader, was hanged by the Nazis in 1945, just a few days before the end of the war in Europe. He was only 39 years old. His death ended a life that had combined a deep and innovative theological thinking with a consistent commitment to social and political action.
Details
- Cause of Death
- Execution by hanging
- Age at Death
- 39 years
- Funeral Location
- Flossenbürg concentration camp, Germany
- Final Resting Place
- Friedhof Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany