Lex Anteinternet: Monday, April 5, 1943. Dietrich Bonhoeffer arrested.

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Monday, April 5, 1943. Dietrich Bonhoeffer arrested.

Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer was arrested at the Abwehr. Lawyer Hans von Dohnanyi was arrested at the same time. Oddly, they were both members of the Abwehr even though they were dedicated opponents of Nazism.

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They'd be imprisoned and executed in the waning days of World War Two.

The Abwehr, German Military Intelligence, was a center of conspiracies against the Nazi regime as well as an instrument of its policy. Headed by the enigmatic Wilhelm Canaris, it conspired where it could with Germany's enemies during the war, although obviously not effectively enough to achieve a definitive goal.

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