Three months after Adolf Hitler took power, Dietrich Bonhoeffer delivered a lecture to church leaders…
During his lecture “The Church and the Jewish Question” three months later, some of the audience left the hall irritated. Bonhoeffer had pointed out the obligation of the church “to question the state repeatdly whether its actions could be justified, i.e., as actions in which law and order are created, not lawlessness and disorder”
(Renate Bethge, Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Brief Life, 24).
This lecture laid the foundation for Bonhoeffer’s actions in the years that followed.
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August 4, 2009 at 11:22 pm
Paul F. Meyerhoefer
Does anyone know where a copy of the lecture, “The Church and the Jewish Question” in its entirety can be found? While I have been aware of Bonhoeffer and his convictions for many years I had not seen a reference to this before and would like to read it if it is available.
Thank You for your assistance.
PFM
February 11, 2011 at 6:44 pm
Robert
I too would like to read a copy of this
March 3, 2011 at 11:00 pm
S. Wolf
Possibly here..
‘This collection includes a xerox of genealogical information, correspondence by Julius and Friederike Bierer (1923 & 1927), a letter in Yiddish to Mrs. Strahs of Brooklyn, a description of German Jewish History Award ceremony 2003 and information about Heinrich Dittmar, and a reprint of Dietrich Bonhoeffers sermon on July 23, 1933 in celebration of its 73rd anniversary, from: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Werke Band 12 , Gütersloher Verlagshaus’
http://www.archive.org/details/willamcfreundf001