Dietrich Bonhoeffer Research Paper

On April 20, 1889, Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau Am Inn, Austria to Alois Hitler and Klara Pölzl. In the early days of Hitler’s life, he was an unrestrained and carefree child who lived a happy life. His mother was very caring and affectionate towards him while his father spent most of his time either at work or following his hobby of keeping bees. Hitler had an older brother named Alois Hitler Jr. and an older sister named Angela, and a few years after he was born his mom gave birth to another son named Edmund and another sister named Paula. After his father retired and Hitler started to go to school his life began to change. He was no longer able to live his previous carefree lifestyle and now his strict father was going to be watching

Many were brain washed by his powerful speeches and some were too afraid to protest. The passage “And I Said Nothing” portrays the actions and fears of the people at that time; the population feared that if they stand up to Hitler they would end up just like the Jews. However, they did not know the even greater risk of saying nothing. When the time came no one was there to help them, because no one was left, and everybody else was thinking of the same thing - fear. If they all went against Hitler and stand up for what they believe in then the Holocaust would never have happened, and they them selves would be saved.

James Butler Bonham was a American soldier that battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. He was the second cousin of William B. Travis was a messenger to the battle of the Alamo.His younger brother, Milledge Luke Bonham, was a Brigidier general in the Confederate states Army in the American Civil War, and served as Govenor of south Carolina from 1862 to

He was born to a physician, Karl Bonhoeffer, in Breslau, Prussia. It is important to note that he was a German (Funk & Wagnalls, 2016). While reading Life Together, it is evident Bonhoeffer had much knowledge in and passion for theology. This probably derived during his childhood. His mother, Paula, devoted herself to raising her eight children. She used this time to develop and instill a deep love for Christian values into her children (Liguš, 2015). He also developed his knowledge through his studies in theology at the University of Tubingen and the University of Berlin (Funk & Wagnalls, 2016). At the universities he spent much time analyzing Martin Luther’s theology. Most would say he had profound insight towards Luther’s theology (Liguš, 2015). At the young age of 21 he completed his doctoral thesis called, Communio Sanctorum. This was his first work that covered the Church and Christ existing as a community. His thesis allowed him to graduate from University of Berlin with honors in 1927 (p. 9). It would be obvious to say his thesis influenced his book Life Together. In 1928-1929 he became the assistant pastor for a German-speaking congregation in Barcelona, Spain. In the fall of 1931, after undergoing a further year of education at the Union Theological Seminary in New York City, he was able to become a lecturer in theology in at the University of Berlin (Funk & Wagnalls,

Hamlet Rudolph was 10 when he and his 2 other siblings left Germany in 1910. His mother, father, and two brothers left Germany for the U.S in 1910 because of financial issues and the likely hood of an upcoming war. He and his family would have to sacrifice all that they enjoyed and owned just to get tickets to get on a ship to come to America. They knew that they would risk an awful lot the moment they step aboard that ship.

Bonhoeffer encouraged that Christ’s followers are to enter into solidarity with those who have been victimized by those forces of oppression, political domination, and persecution that rob innocent people of their God-given dignity as created in the image and likeness of none other than Jesus Christ himself

The Holocaust was a dark time in the world for the many millions of Jews who were suffering in anguish. However, through this dark time, one man by the name of Oskar Schindler was able to be a light unto those who needed his aid. Born in 1908 in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Schindler lived to be 66 years old before his death in October of 1974 ("Oskar Schindler Biography"). During this time, he provided safe and humane jobs for over 1200 Jews during the Holocaust, saving both their and their future descendants lives. He not only rescued them from their death sentence, but treated them as what they actually were… human beings.

Wolfgang was the only son in berlin of observant Jewish parents. Wolfgang's father was trained to be a mechanical engineer, but ran a wholesale kerchief and handkerchief business that he had taken over from his father-in-law. His family lived in an apartment above the business. They enjoyed having vacations at their country home in Neuenhagen, a suburb of berlin.

Hitler moves to the Bavarian capital of Munich, Germany, to avoid enlistment in the Austrian Army. The Austrian authorities demand he joins up in 1914, but Hitler fails the physical

He believed that Jewish people ultimately accepted Jesus as the Messiah. In 1933 Hitler’s law came into place and Bonhoeffes stood up for the Jews, He stated; “The Nazi injustice must not go unquestioned, and the victims of this injustice must not go unaided, regardless of their religion.”

Oskar Schindler was born on April 28, 1908 in the city of Zwittau, Moravia to a Catholic family. The area is now part of the Czech Republic, but in 1908, this land was part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. Oskar was born to Hans and Louisa Schindler, his father was a factory owner, while his mother was a housewife. Despite the 7 year age gap between him and his sister Elfriede, they had a very strong bond. Mid 1920’s he joined his father in the family's induralist business. In 1928, Oskar met Emilie Pelzl who later became the love of his life and wife. At the time, he also left his father’s company to work with an electrical company. After the Great Depression, Oskar and his family became bankrupt. He did what he had to do, as did many others, and joined

In order to raise a son who could arguably be the most influential preacher in this century, one would think his parents must surely have been influential, devout, and pious. In reality, Graham's parents were quiet, humble people of God. On a small dairy farm in Charlotte, North Carolina, Billy Graham received his first lessons in the ways of the world and in the ways of the mysterious God. His father was a working man, comfortable only when his hands were immersed and occupied in the work of the farm. Secretly, he always felt some unanswered calling to the pulpit, to be a preacher; a feeling that was only resolved by living his calling through his oldest son, Billy Graham (Frady 33). His parents were God fearing people and strict Calvinists, and raised Graham to believe in hard work and honesty. Billy Graham was later to reject this Calvinistic upbringing, but there is no doubt that his parents were the initial influences on his spiritual life.

Adolf Hitler was born in Austria on April 20, 1889. In 1907, Hitler went to Linz to pursue a career in art, however his father wanted him to follow in his footsteps and join the Habsburg Civil Service. When Hitler’s father passed away, he persuaded his mother to follow his dream of becoming an artist. Adolf took the entrance examination to the Viennese Academy of Fine Arts, however failed to gain acceptance. In 1908, Hitler re-took the exam in hopes of gaining acceptance. After he was rejected again, Hitler embarked upon a career in the civil service.

Adolf Hitler was a man who promised great things and delivered those great things with the support of the Germans to the Nazi regime. He oversaw the death of millions of people, including the Jews, with the full support of the German race. This certainly was not because the German people had been as cruel and heartless as him, it was because of the promises he made and the persuasion he had with his words. Hitler was considered to have been a “master propagandist in order to persuade the Germans his policies were necessary and just.”............ Adolf Hitler made many economic and military promises to the German race. The most popular promise was to break Germany free from the Treaty of Versailles. Others were promises to end the war reparations of Germany, re-arm Germany, and bring back a strong and stable government. Germans were persuaded by these promises and longed to live the lives they use to have. This led strong support of the Nazi regime. Indeed Hitler’s promises had an important role in the Nazi’s rise to power but the way Hitler was available to deliver his speeches and his strategy was the reason he was able to rally up so much support. Hitler was thought by many to be an amazing speaker. He captivated minds of people all throughout the world, not just from Germany. He spoke from his heart, with little training prior to campaigning, and still captivated over eleven million people(Hitler Effect). His speeches brought tears to members of the NSDAP from the passion and truth he combines into his words. Hitler’s loved speeches are significant to the regime’s rise to power as they were the one of the factors that did not involve using force to make German people join the party. It was the power of his words that sparked interest in much of Germany and the number of followers would be noticeably different if Hitler had not had the personality he

Hitler addressed scores of mass gatherings of people, requiring the German individuals to oppose the burden of Jews and Communists, and to make another way of living which would administer the world for a long time.