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McCormick, Patricia, 1956- author.

The plot to kill Hitler : Dietrich Bonhoeffer : pastor, spy, unlikely hero / Patricia McCormick.

First edition.

New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]

xvii, 174 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"It was April 5, 1943, and the Gestapo would arrive any minute. Dietrich Bonhoeffer had been expecting this day for a long time. He had put his papers in order--and left a few notes specifically for Hitlers men to see. Two SS agents climbed the stairs and told the boyish-looking Bonhoeffer to come with them. He calmly said good-bye to his parents, put his Bible under his arm, and left. Upstairs there was proof, in his own handwriting, that this quiet young minister was part of a conspiracy to kill Adolf Hitler"--Amazon.com.

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945 -- Juvenile literature.

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Assassination attempt, 1944 (July 20) -- Juvenile literature.

Clergy -- Germany -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Anti-Nazi movement -- Germany -- Juvenile literature.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer : pastor, spy, unlikely hero

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-166) and index.

A big, rambunctious family -- War breaks out -- Bonhoeffer seals his destiny -- Leaving home for the first time -- The trip that changed everything -- The men who would change Bonhoeffer's fate -- A new idea of what a church could be -- From faith to action -- Grappling with the existence of God -- A decisive experience: visiting the United States -- Heil, Hitler! -- Speaking out against the Führer -- The Aryan paragraph -- Committing treason -- Bonfire of hatred -- A Nazi church -- A different kind of resistance -- Night of the long knives -- A breakaway church -- A conspiracy begins -- The war hits home -- A dark night of the soul -- From clergyman to courier -- Undercover -- Sounding the alarm -- Love in wartime -- The noose grows tighter -- Assassination attempts -- Caught -- Another attempt on Hitler's life -- Evidence of treason -- The end of the war -- Eternity at last.

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