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Bonhoeffer was hanged at Flossenburg prison on April 9, 1945, eleven days before it was liberated by US forces. His last words were; "This is the end - for me the beginning of life."
Yes, Dietrich Wilhelm Rudiger Bethge is the son of Eberhard and Renate Bethge. Renate Rudiger is the niece of theologian and martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Eberhard was his closest friend. Another nephew of Dietrich Bonhoeffer is Christoph von Dohnanyi, long time conductor of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was an excellent pianist and Eberhard Bethge an excellent flutist.
He returned to Germany in 1931.
He was accused of complicity in the 20 July 1944 attempt to assassinate Hitler.
Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
He Didn't really make much of a difference --- Dietrich tried to kill Hitler and that's a good thing unless your a Nazi. He also converted many Nazis into Catholics or Christians.