German pastor, theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer executed by Nazis 80 years ago this hour (Apr 9 1945)


Video: 'Defying Hitler: The Story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer'

(Monday, April 9, 1945, at dawn, Central European Summer Time; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 39, was executed by hanging today by the Nazis at the Flossenburg concentration camp for allegedly being associated with the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

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