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Dietrich Bonhoeffer

1906 - 1945

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German: [ˈdiːtʁɪç ˈbɔnhøːfɐ] ; 4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, neo-orthodox theologian and anti-Nazi dissident who was a key founding member of the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have become widely influential; his 1937 book The Cost of Discipleship is described as a modern classic. Apart from his theological writings, Bonhoeffer was known for his staunch resistance to the Nazi dictatorship, including vocal opposition to Nazi euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of Jews. He was arrested in April 1943 by the Gestapo and imprisoned at Tegel Prison for 1½ years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dietrich Bonhoeffer is the 496th most popular religious figure (down from 445th in 2019), the 74th most popular biography from Poland (up from 79th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Polish Religious Figure.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German theologian and pastor who is most famous for being a part of the resistance movement against Adolf Hitler.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Dietrich Bonhoeffer ranks 496 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Spyridon, Maximus the Confessor, Saint Walpurga, Basilios Bessarion, Antipope Benedict XIII, and Pope Benedict V. After him are Pope Stephen II, Zaynab bint Ali, Dionysius the Areopagite, Alcuin, John Climacus, and Pope Victor II.

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Among people born in 1906, Dietrich Bonhoeffer ranks 31. Before him are Victor Vasarely, Roberto Rossellini, Hans Bethe, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Sayyid Qutb, and Giuseppe Farina. After him are Ilse Koch, Sergei Korolev, Hassan al-Banna, Hermann Fegelein, Léon Degrelle, and Ed Gein. Among people deceased in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer ranks 33. Before him are Paul Valéry, Pierre Laval, Johan Huizinga, Hans Fischer, David Lloyd George, and August von Mackensen. After him are Käthe Kollwitz, Emil Hácha, Hermann Fegelein, Hans Krebs, Stefan Banach, and Ernst Busch.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Dietrich Bonhoeffer ranks 74 out of 1,694. Before him are John II Casimir Vasa (1609), Friedrich Bergius (1884), Andrzej Wajda (1926), Christian Wolff (1679), Emil von Behring (1854), and Yitzhak Shamir (1915). After him are Werner von Blomberg (1878), Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046), Erwin von Witzleben (1881), Benoit Mandelbrot (1924), Erich von Falkenhayn (1861), and Konrad Emil Bloch (1912).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Poland

Among religious figures born in Poland, Dietrich Bonhoeffer ranks 4. Before him are Pope John Paul II (1920), Faustina Kowalska (1905), and Maximilian Kolbe (1894). After him are Saint Casimir (1458), Angelus Silesius (1624), Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030), Stanisław Dziwisz (1939), Stefan Wyszyński (1901), Stanislaus Kostka (1550), Itzhak Stern (1901), and Stanisław Ryłko (1945).

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