A monument at the site of Konzentrationslager Flossenb\u00fcrg to members of the German Resistance against Hitler who were executed there on 9 April 1945, including (first on the list) Dr. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, as well as Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, Captain Ludwig Gehre, General Hans Oster, the theologian and officer General Friedrich von Rabenau, the jurist Dr. Karl Sack, and the lawyer Dr. Theodor Str\u00fcnck
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May God bless them and preserve their memory.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
The German Lutheran pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was hanged by the Nazis seventy years ago last Thursday, in the Flossenb\u00fcrg concentration camp. \u00a0He was just thirty-nine years old.<\/p>\n
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KZ-Flossenb\u00fcrg\u00a0was liberated by the United States Army two weeks later, on 23 April 1945.<\/p>\n
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Pastor Bonhoeffer\u2019s\u00a0writings continue to resonate around the Christian world. \u00a0(He was even quoted in General Conference a week ago.) \u00a0Here\u2019s one representative quotation:<\/p>\n
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\u201cChristianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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