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With
a shadowy Gestapo agent in the background, Judge Manfred Roeder holds
out a stack of official-looking papers.
The Nazi Judge (Robert Joy) seems to take personal pleasure in handing
Dietrich Bonhoeffer an order to cease his denunciations of the Nazi
regime and to do no preaching, publishing or teaching without prior
governmental approval."
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How could a Christian
nation be taken over by Hitler? |
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Dietrich
Bonhoeffer receives papers from General Hans Oster and Bonhoeffer's
friend, Hans von Dohnanyi, in a German club.
In accepting these papers from the General (Christian Doermer), center,
Bonhoeffer, left, reluctantly accepts his new wartime mission -- acting
as courier for the Nazi resistance. Von Dohnanyi (Ulrich Noethen)
looks on." |
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Bonhoeffer typing in his study, with the rays of the sun slanting
in on him.
Under the threat of exposure as a member of the Nazi resistance, and
suffering regret for his lies, Dietrich Bonhoeffer falsifies documents
about his involvement. |
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Bonhoeffer
and Maria von Wedemeyer clasping hands in a shaded glen.
Bonhoeffer proposes to Maria (Johanna Klante) who becomes his sustenance
during his imprisonment by the Nazis. |
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BONHOEFFER
SAID:
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"IT
IS BETTER FOR A LOVER OF TRUTH TO LIE, THAN FOR A LIAR TO TELL THE
TRUTH." |
Do
you agree? |
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BONHOEFFER
SAID:
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"BEING
EVIL IS WORSE THAN DOING EVIL." |
Do
you agree? |
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WHAT
BONHOEFFER DID
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HE
LIED TO THE NAZIS TO SAVE JEWISH PEOPLE. |
Would
you do the same? |
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WHAT
BONHOEFFER DID
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HE
OPPOSED HIS OWN CHURCH IN THEIR SUPPORT OF HITLER. |
Would
you do the same?
What about respect for authority? |
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WHAT
BONHOEFFER DID
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HE
WAS PART OF A CONSPIRACY TO ASSASSINATE HITLER. |
Would
you do the same?
Is this moral or ethical? |
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WHAT
BONHOEFFER DID
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THE
LAW (GOVERNMENT) SAID HE COULD NOT TEACH THE BIBLE OR PREACH. HE DISOBEYED
THE LAW. |
Would
you do the same?
Is it right to disobey the law? |
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Buy the essential writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
This is the
best book available!
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Links
Christianity Today review
more
here
From Dan
Caldwell
Sojourner's
Online
PBS -good resources
Book
reviews |
