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The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
Bonhoeffer is having a moment. From a massive bestselling biography a few years ago to a legacy that is at times used on both sides of the political aisle, this theologian and member of the German resistance is the subject of a graphic novel from John Hendrix, whose signature style of art with text tells the true story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer, struggling to reconcile the Nazi Party’s agenda which has outlawed the church and his faith, escapes and comes to the decision that Hitler must be stopped. The philosophical ramifications are complicated, putting Bonhoeffer's very life on the line.
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Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party is gaining strength and becoming more menacing every day. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor upset by the complacency of the German church toward the suffering around it, forms a breakaway church to speak out against the established political and religious authorities. When the Nazis outlaw the church, he escapes as a fugitive. Struggling to reconcile his faith and the teachings of the Bible with the Nazi Party’s evil agenda, Bonhoeffer decides that Hitler must be stopped by any means possible!
In his signature style of interwoven handwritten text and art, John Hendrix tells the true story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor who makes the ultimate sacrifice in order to free the German people from oppression during World War II.
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