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Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Birth
On February 6th, 1906, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born in Breslau, Germany. (Now known as Wroclaw, Poland) -
Dietrich declared himself to be a Theologian.
At Fourteen years old, Dietrich claimed that he was going to be a Theologian. All of his siblings were working toward being scientists and Lawyers, so he was the one that stuck out. -
Dietrich visits America
Dietrich pays a visit to the United States in 1930 -
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Adolf Hitler as Germany's Chancellor
From 1933 to 1945, Adolf Hitler, one of the worst people to ever live, ruled Germany as chancellor with an iron fist. -
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World War II
World War II begins September 1st, 1939 and ends about 6 years later in 1945. -
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Dietrich's second time in America
Dietrich was in America for about a month this time, and he had decided that he wasn't going to desert Germany. -
Hitler's Jewish Annihilation speech
Hitler had said his most offensive and disgusting speech yet; that the Jewish people should be annihilated. -
Dietrich's question
Dietrich asked himself this question, "Would God forgive the murderer of a Tyrant?" -
Dietrich's preaching gets raided by Gestapo.
Dietrich was preaching to a small group of people, when the Gestapo bursted in and broke the meeting. -
Dietrich becomes a double agent
The Abwehr, a group of people who want to kill Hitler, hire Dietrich as a double agent to work for Hitler, but be secretly spying on him. -
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Hitler invades Soviet Russia and fails.
Hitler decides that he wants to conquer Russia, and he also gave the orders to kill Russian civilians. For about 6 months, Russia and Germany fought, and in the end, Hitler had lost to Russia. -
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor and the U.S joins the war
Japan sneak attacks the United States by bombing a Naval Base in Hawaii, which makes Hitler declare war on the United States. -
Dietrich gets engaged to Maria von Wedemeyer
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First attempt to kill Hitler
A bomb was put on a plane to kill Hitler, it did not go off. -
Second attempt to kill Hitler
General Rudolf von Gersdorff had a bomb hidden in his jacket. He was right next to Hitler, prepared for the explosion, but Hitler left the tour early, and General von Gersdorff had to cut the wires so he and no one else would get harmed by the explosion. -
Dietrich gets arrested
The Gestapo arrests Dietrich after learning of his involvement with the plots to kill Hitler. -
Claus von Stauffenberg becomes the leader of the Abwehr
A young colonel named Claus von Stauffenberg becomes the leader of the Abwehr and thinks of a new way to kill Hitler -
The Third attempt to kill Hitler
Colonel Stauffenberg attempts to blow up Hitler with a bomb. He succeeds destroying the building they were in, but unfortunately, Hitler survived. -
Claus von Stauffenberg gets Executed
Colonel Stauffenberg gets the firing squad after Hitler finds out that he was the one responsible for the bombing. -
Dietrich Bonhoeffer's execution
On April 9, 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was sadly hung in the Flossenbürg concentration camp. -
Adolf Hitler dies.
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his bunker. -
World War II ends!
Even though Dietrich didn't get to witness it, the War ended about a month after he was executed
