Dietrich Bonhoeffer: In the Midst of Wickedness

 

Remarkable person.  But, there are so many people that it was hard to keep straight who was who, for me.  Allen makes a list of main characters and this would have been a good idea in this book.  

But, having said that, I'll just say that it's a true story of a German family who are appalled at the audacity of Hitler and what he does to other countries and to people.  It's a book about people who are willing to stand up for what they think is right and fight for the good of the people.  Several members of the Bonhoeffer family are involved in a plot to kill Hitler.  They are good Christians.  In fact, Dietrich Bonhoeffer is actually a minister.  

It reminds me of the scripture in the Book of Mormon...better that one man should die than a whole nation dwindle in unbelief.  The Bonhoeffers were not familiar with that scripture, but those are the feelings they had when they were in on the plot to kill Hitler.  It's an important story, but I didn't think it was really that well written; confusing at times about who was who, etc.  It's actually from a series of books for younger children about Christian heroes.  I liked that about it; it was not over long which the adult version is totally too long.