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McCormick, Patricia

The Plot to Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero

174 pp. | HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray | September, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-241108-2 $18.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-06-241110-5

(2) 4-6 In April 1943, the Gestapo arrested pacifist Lutheran minister Dietrich Bonhoeffer for attempting to assassinate Hitler. Alongside Bonhoeffer's religious calling and theological contributions, McCormick chillingly details Hitler's rise to power. When Bonhoeffer could not gather support from the religious community to fight Hitler, he decided to "sin boldly." Questions of moral authority drive the story; archival photographs supplement the text. Timeline. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2016