The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Memorial

Poignant

Located outside the magnificent Church Of St Elizabeth is this really poignant memorial in honour of Dietrich Bonhoeffer . Dietrich Bonhoeffer ( 1906-1945 ) was a pastor born in what was then Breslau,...

Breslauer to be proud of

One of the few Breslau born Germans who stood up against the Nazis and paid for it with his life. His statue was placed near St. Elizabeth church -long overdue- in 1999 (gift of the city of Berlin). T...

Understated and subtle

But steeped in importance to the memory of the pastor whose days ended in Flossenburg in the dying days of the war. Easy to locate outside the church.

Poignant memorial

The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Memorial is a poignant and touching memorial to a true hero . Born in what was then Breslau ,nowadays Wrocław, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Protestant Lutheran Pastor and theologi...

Identify the gold plated statue by its pose

An unusual statue in the corner of a courtyard at St. Elizabeth's Church, just off the old town square, caught my eye. It was gold plated, headless, and armless, but kneeling. It looked very modern d...