(1906-1945) Bonhoeffer was born on February 4, 1906 in Breslau, Germany and had a twin sister, Sabine. He was a neo-orthodox Lutheran pastor, a member of the Confessing Church and participant in the drafting of the Barmen Declaration. In 1933, Bonhoeffer spoke out against the Nazis in radio broadcasts. Two years later he participated in an underground seminary, which is often seen as a kind of Protestant monastery. It was there that Bonhoeffer developed many of his ideas about the Christian life as it pertains to community. Imprisoned as a member of the resistance by the Nazis in 1943 after a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler, he was executed in 1945. Bonhoeffer is best known for his books Letters and Papers from Prison, Life Together and The Cost of Discipleship.
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