Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book was recommended reading by Glenn Beck. It is the biography of a German pastor during the Nazi era. His story is one of resistance to the prevailing national socialism brought to Germany by Hitler. He was a well educated man who explicitly knew that the Nazi regime, and specifically Hitler, were evil. He fought against them in a way a pastor could fight against the Nazis. As I read the book, and specifically the chapters relating to the resistance, I wondered if I could stand by my principles in the face of death. This is a man that I could use as a role model. As he faced his death (two weeks prior to the Allies freeing the camp he was imprisoned), he said that he was "on the road to freedom." He looked forward to meeting his maker, knowing that he had fought the good fight.

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