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After escaping Nazi Germany to study at Bonhoeffer chose to return: “I will have no right to participate in the reconstruction of Christian life in Germany after the war if I do not share the tribulations of this time with my people.” He was executed on 4/9 1945.
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From our archives: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Union application, ID card, and a page of his class notes. #TBT
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