Bonhoeffer knew someone must think it all through carefully, and in March 1933, he did so. The pressure to get in line with the National Socialist wave sweeping the country was intense.
That would apply to Bonhoeffer's friend, Franz Hildebrandt. If the German church, essentially a state church, went along, all pastors with Jewish blood would be excluded from ministry. It would result in a series of far-reaching laws that were cynically announced as the "Restoration of the Civil Service." Government employees must be of "Aryan" stock anyone of Jewish descent would lose his job. The Bonhoeffers learned that something especially disturbing called the Aryan Paragraph would take effect April 7. The Bonhoeffers always had access to privileged information, but as the shadow of the Third Reich fell across Germany, much of the information came from Christel's husband, lawyer Hans von Dohnanyi, at the German Supreme Court. No one dreamed how quickly and dramatically things would change. Under what was called the Gleischaltung (synchronization), the country would be thoroughly reordered along National Socialist lines. In the first months of Nazi rule, the speed and scope of what the Nazis intended and had begun executing throughout German society were staggering. Read more about Eric Metaxas at his website: / Matthew's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia. It is the first major biography in 40 years of Dietrich Bonhoeffer-the young pastor and theologian who sacrificed his life opposing Hitler.Įric spoke to a full house at this Novemevent organized by The Richmond Center for Christian Study and hosted by St. In this video excerpt, best-selling author, Eric Metaxas, entertainingly discusses his highly acclaimed and powerful book, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. An Evening with Eric Metaxas from ChristianityDotCom on Vimeo.
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