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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Brief Analysis
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, until recently I had absolutely no idea as to who this man was. I asked many people around campus, family members, sport teams, even the church. No one and I mean no one knew who this man was. Due to that I thought he was going to be a very boring subject where I struggled to stay focused. I was very very wrong. Dietrich Bonhoeffer story starts way before he publicly criticized Hitler and his Nazi’s. His story starts when he was a child.
Dietrich was incredibly structured and disciplined even as a child. His father was a neurologist, and professor in Berlin. His mother had also obtained a degree, which was incredibly rare for this time period. As a child, he was raised to follow in his father's footsteps. Those

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