The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler

ISBN: 141973265X

Author: Hendrix, John

Condition: Used

The Faithful Spy is the dramatic true story of German pastor and Nazi resister Dietrich Bonhoeffer come to life in this award-winning graphic novel from John Hendrix.Intertwines two stories: the insidious rise of Hitler with his creed of hatred and Bonhoeffers development as an ethical thinker who believed that radical action was necessary, but that killing was a sin. -New York TimesAdolf Hitlers 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 Partys evil agenda, Bonhoeffer decides that Hitler must be stopped by any means possible!This is real-life, detailed history that will enthrall young readers.The plots involve deception, gut-wrenching timing, and concealed explosives: a bomb in a gift package, a rigged docent conducting a tour of captured weaponry, and an explosive briefcase snuck into the heart of Hitlers fortress.But Hendrix makes the bold and surprising decision to tell it as a tale of faith. It makes this book unique, one as much about morality as it is about the attempted murder of one of historys most heinous leaders.