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His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have become widely influential; his book The Cost of Discipleship is described as a modern classic. Bonhoeffer was accused of being associated with the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler and was tried along with other accused plotters, including former members of the Abwehr the German Military Intelligence Office.

He was hanged on 9 April during the collapse of the Nazi regime. Bonhoeffer was born on 4 February in Breslau , Germany now Poland , into a large family. At age 14, Bonhoeffer decided to pursue his education in theology despite the criticism of his older brothers Klaus a lawyer and Karl a scientist. He described the students as lacking interest in theology and would "laugh out loud" when learning a passage from Martin Luther 's "Sin and Forgiveness.

Bonhoeffer became involved with the ecumenical Christian movement, which eventually led him to resist Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.

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After returning to Germany in , Bonhoeffer became a lecturer in systematic theology at the University of Berlin. Deeply interested in ecumenism, he was appointed by the World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches a forerunner of the World Council of Churches as one of its three European youth secretaries. At this time he seems to have undergone a personal conversion, as he changed from being a theologian primarily attracted to the intellectual side of Christianity, to being a dedicated man of personal faith, resolved to literally carry out the teachings of Christ, revealed in the Gospels.

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