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Nazi opponent descendant tries to remove far-right party’s wreath at Hitler plot memorial event

AfD finished second in last year's German national election

The Independent UK · Jul 21

Descendant of Nazi opponent tries to remove far-right party's wreath at Hitler plot memorial event

A descendant of an executed opponent of the Nazis tried to remove a wreath from the far-right Alternative for Germany party at an event in Berlin marking the 82nd anniversary of the failed attempt to kill Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler

The Independent UK · Jul 21

Reading: The Quietest Way To Disobey

Today's anxieties about digital culture are prefigured in the long and wobbly history of books.

Reason · Jun 9

‘Standing up against the devil’: how the far right tried to co-opt Dietrich Bonhoeffer biopic

In the US, Todd Komarnicki’s biopic of the theologian murdered by the Nazis was marketed using Maga rhetoric. The film-maker explains the heartbreak this caused him

The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2025

Bonhoeffer review – solid biopic of German pacifist pastor murdered by the Nazis

If you can ignore the dodgy accents and liberties with the truth (a pacifist theologian involved in bomb plots?) then this no-frills film will hold interest

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2025

The Battle For Bonhoeffer: Martyr's Legacy In Modern Controversy

Learn about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran theologian and anti-Nazi resistor, whose legacy continues to inspire discussions on morality, resistance, and f...

Top News · Jan 7, 2025

Who was Dietrich Bonhoeffer? An AP Explainer about the anti-Nazi pastor

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor and theologian from Germany executed by the Nazis in 1945 at age 39 for his role in a resistance movement

The Independent UK · Jan 7, 2025

What would Bonhoeffer do? Anti-Nazi pastor's legacy claimed, debated across political spectrum

Shortly before he was hanged by the Nazis in 1945 at age 39, Dietrich Bonhoeffer reportedly told a fellow prisoner: “This is the end — for me the beginning of life.”

The Independent UK · Jan 7, 2025

How the Christian right is twisting the legacy of an anti-Nazi hero

As the election approaches, experts say a rightwing author is using the theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer – executed for resisting Hitler – as a figurehead against the left, raising fears of political violence

The Guardian - US · Nov 3, 2024

Is it right or wrong to post about conflict on social media?

Perhaps it’s not about judging the act of posting or not about the war between Hamas and Israel, but interrogating the intentions behind it, says Guardian columnist Hannah Jane Parkinson

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2023