German Protestants have commemorated one of their foremost theologians on the 80th anniversary of his execution during the final days of the Second World War.
“Dietrich Bonhoeffer lived to be only 39 — yet hardly any 20th-century Protestant had such a profound impact on Church and society,” the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) said on its website.
“His passionate protest against the National Socialists, his active role in the resistance against Hitler, his books and his death have resonated far beyond Germany’s borders.”
The statement was published as young Christians gathered last weekend at the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp memorial, in the Fichtel Mountains of Bavaria, near the Czech border, to debate the legacy of Bonhoeffer. His death was also commemorated in a service on Wednesday, as well as in an exhibition and reading of his works.
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