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Matthäikirchplatz
(Sankt-Matthäus-Kirche)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Breslau 1906 - KZ Flossenbürg 1945
German Lutheran pastor, theologian and martyr
(Wikipedia)

Johannes Grützke
2006

Description

Plaque with relief portrait and text.

Inscription(s)

DIETRICH BONHOEFFER
geboren 4.2.1906, hingerichtet
in KZ Flossenburg am 9.4.1945

Dietrich Bonhoeffer wurde
am 15.11.1931 in dieser Kirche
zum Pfarrer ordiniert.

DIETRICH BONHOEFFER
born 4-2-1906, executed
in concentration camp
Flossenburg on 9-4-1945
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was
on 15-11-1931 ordained as
a pastor in this church.

Signature

J.G.

Sculptor

Johannes Grützke (Berlin 1937), German painter and medallist (Website – Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Bildhauerei in Berlin, Karte.

Locatie (N 52°30'29" - E 13°22'3") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debe192; Photograph: 2 September 2022
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