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The Plot to Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero by Patricia McCormick
4.0
"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act."
Before winning this book from the Scholastic Book Fair, I had never heard of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. This book may be little, but it sure packed in the punches in terms of explaining Dietrich's life leading up to and through World War II. I am appalled at the number of world leaders who knew about the atrocities happening in Germany but did absolutely nothing to stop them. Yet I think about the number of heartbreaking situations that are still happening in our world and nothing is being done. Why must humanity turn a blind eye to these situations?
I always stop to think about what choices I would have made if I had lived in Nazi Germany. Would I have been as brave as Dietrich? It's a question we should all ask ourselves.
Before winning this book from the Scholastic Book Fair, I had never heard of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. This book may be little, but it sure packed in the punches in terms of explaining Dietrich's life leading up to and through World War II. I am appalled at the number of world leaders who knew about the atrocities happening in Germany but did absolutely nothing to stop them. Yet I think about the number of heartbreaking situations that are still happening in our world and nothing is being done. Why must humanity turn a blind eye to these situations?
I always stop to think about what choices I would have made if I had lived in Nazi Germany. Would I have been as brave as Dietrich? It's a question we should all ask ourselves.